Being Quote by Vikram Seth

I think of myself as a poet. I grew up with poetic influences - what I know from my background is the bardic poetry,…

— Donovan

I think I view myself primarily as a fiction writer. Poetry is more of a "hobby," a time of rest from the hard work…

— Yuriy Tarnawsky

I've basically thought of myself as a writer, whether I was or not.

— Bob Schieffer

I read a lot of prose poetry and get inspired by more-so just a state of mind.

— William Beckett

Well, I still write poetry, but I wouldn't call myself a poet.

— David Duchovny

I've always considered myself a poet in everything that I do, whether it's photography or movie-making.

— Gerard Malanga

I don't now whether I am a poet or not, but I'm quite sure that I write with the transparency of the soul and…

— Jean-Paul Malfatti

I don't do much of anything consciously in writing - in poetry writing, anyway, prose usually being a different matter, of course.

— Ron Padgett

I think of myself as someone who thinks largely through writing. Thus I write more than most people, and I write in many different…

— Samuel R. Delany

I started out as a poet. I've always been a poet since I was 7 or 8. And so I feel myself to be…

— Alice Walker

I'm a poet, first and foremost as a writer. That's who I am. That's what I'm most comfortable writing.

— Dante Basco

I think of myself just as a writer.

— The-Dream