Myth Quote by Stephen H. Furrer

I'm always interested in debunking myths if they are untrue. But it's also important to identify myths and how they function, what value they…

— Neal Ascherson

I feel deep gratitude for the life poetry has allowed me to live. I know the life I could have lived without it. Both…

— Dorianne Laux

Poetry helps me understand who I am. It helps me understand the world around me. But above all, what poetry has taught me is…

— Yusef Komunyakaa

Writing poetry helps me to write my fiction; each thing helps the other.

— Sandra Cisneros

Poetry helps my soul escape its encasement.

— Maya Angelou

I think of everything that I want to say and then I think of the way that I can say it most precisely. And…

— Helen Frost

I find it very hard to talk about my relationships, whether it's a girlfriend, sister or just a friend... I can't bring myself to…

— Kunal Kapoor

I'm a failed poet. Reading poetry helps me to see the world differently, and I try to infuse my prose with figurative language, which…

— Jesmyn Ward

“Poetry helps heal wounds. Makes them tangible.”

— Isabel Quintero

One does not read a poem by Gwendolyn Brooks with hopes that it will grant him a career in engineering; he does so because…

— Clint Smith

“Well, that's history for you, folks. Unfair, untrue and for the most part written by folk who weren't even there.”

— Joanne M. Harris

The mythology about the UN is absolutely breathtaking. People believe it costs a great deal of money to the United States. Completely untrue: it…

— Brian Urquhart