Books Quote by Tracy K. Smith

I go to a lot of writers conferences and literary festivals that tend to be in college towns or cities, and I'm eager to…

— Tracy K. Smith

I've done a number of readings at poetry lounges in Vancouver and Los Angeles. I've compiled a book of poetry that's completed, and two…

— Corin Nemec

I usually move to wherever I'm writing about.

— Robert Graysmith

I have no idea, actually, where I fit in, in terms of poetry camps. At AWP conferences, I have been on panels about humor,…

— Denise Duhamel

I'm not precisely saying that a really good board meeting at the MLA (Museums, Libraries and Archives Coucil) makes me want to go and…

— Andrew Motion

I want to just go to places where writers don't usually go, where people like me don't usually show up, and say, 'Here are…

— Tracy K. Smith

I'm moving to Rio permanently with my family. It's one of the places left in the world where people still live with a big…

— Vincent Cassel

I feel very connected to poets across the country.

— Anonymous

It's not easy making a living as a writer, and for many years I worked at a Waterstones in Dublin. It was a good…

— John Boyne

I had started writing as a poet in a closed, post-Revival, claustrophobic world, where the shadows of the national upheaval and the intense effort…

— Eavan Boland

I never find it exciting to go anywhere, you get much more true information from literature than from travelling.

— Richey Edwards

I want to be a poet and have a chance to explore that and let people know what's really on my mind.

— Christina Aguilera