I have piles of poetry books in the bathroom, on the stairs, every

I have piles of poetry books in the bathroom, on the stairs, everywhere. The only way to write poetry is to read it. – Carol Ann Duffy

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Poetry
category

There is a wonderful Hungarian literature, especially in lyric poetry. – Gyorgy Ligeti

Category:
Poetry

Teaching writing over the years intrudes on your own writing in important ways, taking away some of the excitement of poetry. – Robert Morgan

Category:
Poetry

Poetry is a form of mathematics, a highly rigorous relationship with words. – Tahar Ben Jelloun

Category:
Poetry

Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive, and widely effective mode of saying things. – Matthew Arnold

Category:
Poetry

Random Quotes

Sometimes youre not even sure which of your stories were failures. There are things Ive written that I thought were complete catastrophes when I finished with them that have gone on to generate some of my most positive feedback. – Len Wein

Category:
positive

I need to do things on my own, need to be left alone. – Henry Rollins

Category:
alone

The new appears as a minority point of view, and hence is unpopular. The function of a university is to give it a sanctuary. – Martin H. Fischer

Category:
College

It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts. – Attributed to Harry S Truman

Category:
Learning