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"I think one of the things that people tend to forget is that poets do write out of life. It isn't some set piece that then gets put up on the shelf, but that the impetus, the real instigation for poetry is everything that's happening around us."
"When it comes to poetry, I think partly the numbers of people attempting to write poems is probably a result or the reaction to technology."
"Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks."
"Gregory Corso used to get really pissed when people called Bob Dylan a 'poet.' After writing poetry for a few years, I can understand that."
"People want poetry. They need poetry. They get it. They don't want fancy work."
"Poetry is meant to inspire readers and listeners, to connect them more deeply to themselves even as it links them more fully to others. But many people feel put off by the terms of poetry, its odd vocabulary, its notorious difficulty."
"I'd say people do need some help with poetry because I think poetry just helps takes us to places that Americans aren't always accustomed to going."
"With a poetry book I can send 100 copies out to reviewers and other people, and even do it in advance and get their response. It's difficult with i Pad: how do you send it out for free, and how do you even disseminate it before it goes into their store?"
"I want to prove that if you write in strict meter and rhyme about subjects people care about, they will buy poetry."
"You know that thing people say, 'poetry is the hardest, stories are the second hardest, novels are the easiest' I'm here to tell you that novels are the hardest. Writing a novel is unbelievably difficult. It's nightmarish."
"People think of poetry as a school subject... Poetry is very frustrating to students because they don't have a taste for ambiguity, for one thing. That gives them a poetry hangover."
"I have my Poetry 180 project, which I've made my main project. We encourage high schools, because that's really where, for most people, poetry dies off and gets buried under other adolescent pursuits."
"I think of it this way: When you hear that people have downloaded your comic, appreciate that thousands are eager to hear what you have to say. The poetry club down the hall may not have the same problem. That's a good problem to have."
"So now I have a collection of poetry by Aaron Neville and I give it to people I want to share it with. I'd like to publish it someday."
"It would probably surprise people to know that I'm interested in wildlife. I read a lot of poetry, too."
"Metaphorical tone deafness is when people are unable to discern what is of value in something. I think I'm tone deaf to poetry, for instance. Despite having studied it into a second year of university, most of it just leaves me cold."
"A play is basically a long, formalistic polemic. You can write it without the poetry, and if you do, you may have a pretty good play. We know this because we see plays in translation. Not many people speak Norwegian or Danish or whatever guys like Ibsen spoke, or Russian - yet we understand Chekhov and the others."
"There's poetry in being the band that can sell out Wembley but also makes a record in a garage. I don't like doing what people expect me to do."
"I'm moved by people who see the world differently than others. People who see the world with a longing for its poetry often can be broken people."
"People compose poetry, novels, sitcoms - for love."
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