Quote by Patrick White
Probably induced by the asthma, I started reading and writing earl

Probably induced by the asthma, I started reading and writing early on, my literary efforts from the age of about nine running chiefly to poetry and plays. – Patrick White

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My father and mother were second cousins, though they did not meet till shortly before their marriage. – Patrick White

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Its not easy to define poetry. – Bob Dylan

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On July 26, 1916, I announced to all my friends in America that from now on I resolved to write no more poems in the classical language, and to begin my experiments in writing poetry in the so-called vulgar tongue of the people. – Hu Shih

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Otherwise I dont read much adult poetry at all, because Im not smart enough and mostly I dont get it. – Jack Prelutsky

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Always be a poet, even in prose. – Charles Baudelaire, “My Heart Laid Bare,” Intimate Journals, 1864

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Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Journals, 1843

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