Cut quarrels out of literature, and you will have very little history or drama or fiction or epic poetry left. – Robert Staughton Lynd Category: Poetry
Its always good when women win things in fiction because it tends to be more male-dominated, unlike poetry, which is more equal. – Carol Ann Duffy Category: Poetry
I hardly remember how I started to write poetry. Its hard to imagine what I thought poetry could do. – David Antin Category: Poetry
Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal which the reader recognizes as his own. – Salvatore Quasimodo Category: Poetry
I dont know if the average person really has faith in Washington anymore. – Tori Amos Category: Faith
Teens think listening to music helps them concentrate. It doesnt. It relieves them of the boredom that concentration on homework induces. – Marilyn vos Savant Category: Music
[T]hen I did the simplest thing in the world. I leaned down… and kissed him. And the world cracked open. – Agnes de Mille Category: Kissing