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I developed a definition - which I think becomes less and less accurate as poetry moves into the world - that poetry was a…

— Grace Paley

Then I discovered I loved writing poetry more than fiction.

— George Murray

I think that it's more likely that in my 60s and 70s I will be writing poetry rather than fiction.

— Robert Morgan

I must say that, on the whole, I prefer fiction to poetry.

— Yuriy Tarnawsky

I never paid attention when people said, "That's gotta be poetry. That's gotta be fiction," except when I was in a graduate program, and…

— Sandra Cisneros

I write poetry anyway and have for years and years. For me, putting fiction and poetry together is like the best of both worlds.

— Ellen Hopkins

I always wanted to write fiction. Always. As far back as I can remember it's been integral to my sense of myself - everything…

— Will Self

I'm not a poet, but I was in the poetry program. And I'm also not much of a nonfiction writer, at least not in…

— John D'Agata

Even though novels were the love of my life, I started off writing poetry. I think because I had a knack for image and…

— Melissa Febos

I find in my own writing that only fiction - and rarely, a poem - fully tests me to the kind of limits of…

— John Updike

I began my writing life as a poet, so poetry has always been fundamental. I evolved from poetry to journalism to stories to novels.…

— Ben Okri

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