My editor, Robin Robertson, is one of this country's finest poets, so I listen to him when he offers advice.
John Burnside
AdviceCountryListenHimPoetsHe
Novelists and poets have existed side by side forever.
Stan Brakhage
SideForeverPoetsNovelistsExisted
Female poets in the 17th century had these very confined, restricted lives.
Louisa Hall
CenturyPoetsFemaleVeryRestricted
Even famous poets such as Marianne Moore and William Carlos Williams were rarely asked to read their poems.
Donald Hall
FamousReadEvenPoemsPoetsWere
Poets are Damned... but See with the Eyes of Angels.
Allen Ginsberg
EyesAngelsSeePoets
The only nice poets I've ever met were bad poets, and a bad poet is not a poet at all - ergo, I've never met a nice poet.
Richard Burton
BadNiceNeverPoetOnlyPoets
Poets take themselves very seriously.
Grace Paley
SeriouslyTakePoetsThemselvesVery
The south produced statesmen and soldiers, planters and doctors and lawyers and poets, but certainly no engineers and mechanics. Let Yankees adopt such low callings.
Margaret Mitchell
LawyersEngineersSoldiersLowPoets
Poets are born, not paid.
Addison Mizner
BornPaidPoets
I'm probably much more influenced by film-makers and painters than I am by other songwriters or poets.
P. J. Harvey
I AmMoreThanPoetsPaintersMuch
Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot.
Edmund Waller
LosePraiseHalfGotPoetsKnown
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