Attention Quote by Stephen Spender

a poet is someone who is abnormally fond of that precision which creates movement. Which is to say the highest form of concentration possible:…

— e. e. cummings

The idea of being a writer attracts a good many shiftless people, those who are merely burdened with poetic feelings or afflicted with sensibility.

— Flannery O'Connor

In writing poetry, all of one's attention is focused on some inner voice.

— Li-Young Lee

Creativity is the result of a struggle between vitality and form. As anyone who has tried to write a sonnet or scan poetry, is…

— Rollo May

“Writing creatively is a process of self-consumption that requires one to dive deeply inside of oneself with no guarantee of reemergence.”

— Ashim Shanker

The genius of poetry must work out its own salvation in a man; it cannot be matured by law and precept, but by sensation…

— John Keats

a person hoping to become a poet must have the capacity of thinking of several things at a time.

— Vladimir Nabokov

My focus is on the reader and that the poet's job is not to inspire himself or herself. The poet's job is to inspire…

— Edward Hirsch

Being a poet is like having an invisible partner. It isn't easy. But you can't live without it either. Talent is only 10 per…

— Selima Hill

Poetry forces a writer to condense and crystallise his thoughts and often represents a short cut to truths unsuspected by the author himself.

— Felix Dennis

“And though creative writing as an intellectual exercise may be pursued with profit by anyone, writing as a profession is not a job for…

— Wallace Stegner

The simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.

— Edward de Bono