Billy Collins Quotes

I don't think I've ever written a poem whose intention was just to be funny. I've written poems that start out funny and often shift into something more serious.

Billy Collins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 22, 1941

Topics

FunnyStartThinkIntentionSerious

I moved to New York in the 1970s and started writing when I was at the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program.

Jenny Holzer

New YorkWritingMuseumNewStudy

Sometimes you don't know what a book is about until you are finished with it and you're talking about it.

Jenny Han

BookTalkingYouKnowSometimes

The sport of shooting is my life.

Michael Diamond

LifeMy LifeShootingSport

People are experimenting with streaming, with subscription services, whether it's a Spotify or a Pandora or a Rdio.

Troy Carter

PeopleSpotifyStreamingPandora

Let's be honest, Netflix has stepped up its game up. It seems to have a lot more of an assortment of stuff.

Tony Oller

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We think of first love as sweet and valuable, a blessed if hazardous condition.

Roger Ebert

LoveSweetBlessedThinkFirst

I have other obligations now - the show, my family, my life... though I know that without my sobriety I wouldn't have any of those things.

Rob Lowe

LifeFamilyMy LifeKnowSobriety

The other thing that has made playing live for me more enjoyable is the audience. I never knew I had such heartfelt, loving fans.

Michael Schenker

LiveMeLovingMoreNeverAudience

I was obsessed with football when I was growing up.

Michael Sheen

FootballGrowing UpGrowingUp

If I wasn't in the entertainment industry at all, I would be a miserable human being serving pancakes at Denny's. I'm also a singer, so maybe I'd be singing at dark jazz clubs in Brooklyn.

Miranda Rae Mayo

SingingBrooklynDarkJazzSinger

When I record, it's this very precious and insular thing.

Mitski

PreciousRecordVeryThingInsular

VR should offer an experience that's more exciting than watching in 2D, and we're pretty good at 2D storytelling, so the bar's already pretty high.

Doug Liman

GoodExperienceStorytellingWatching

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