Books Quote by Tony Harrison

Ideally, I'd like to write poetry for public performances and prose for a different, more contemplative kind of consumption.

— Amitava Kumar

Poetry is almost like my foundation for everything. I almost feel I am a better actor and writer because of it.

— Omari Hardwick

I've written poetry most of my life.

— Julia Michaels

On a practical level, poetry isn't something anybody has really made a great living at. I might sell some books and, once in a…

— Viggo Mortensen

I don't know if you actually get something out of writing poetry. I think poetry is an autonomous muse that decides to come and…

— Alice Walker

Poetry and prose are of equal importance to me as a reader, and there doesn't seem to be much difference in my own writing.

— Kevin Powers

I have been writing poetry for a long time now. I started writing in my school days.

— Kapil Sibal

I love poetry, read it a lot, but make no claim to being able to write it.

— Michael Helm

Poetry is at the centre of my life, too, emotionally speaking, and intellectually speaking - it's just that I'm one of those people who…

— Andrew Motion

I've written poetry since I was a kid. As the years went on, I got into writing stories and screenplays, but I always, always…

— Blake Jenner

I've always written, all my life, and when I was very young I developed an interest in poetry.

— Jeffery Deaver

As far as poetry, I don't know if I've ever written any. I've read a lot. I just write and it comes out in…

— Henry Rollins