Literature Quotes

"What would be the point of my bitter, sarcastic commentary if I were not able to put it in a book."

"In any case, the poet's place is to be wherever he is."

"There is nothing sacred about literature except that it is uttered in words."

"You can't get the news from poems yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there."

"The dance of words creates meaning."

"I am not interested in government; I am interested in poetry."

"Blake saw the Sunflower as the image of truth imprisoned in the material world."

"Poetry is the one place where people can speak their original human mind."

"Literature is the conversation between generations."

"Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history."

"Literature preserves the human experience."

"I too dislike writing about poetry."

"Poetry is a form of compression."

"Writing is the rigorous honesty of attention."

"Poetry is the supreme fiction that addresses us in the exactest consonance with reality."

"One reads poetry with one's nerves."

"The poet is the creature of light and dream."

"The poem must resist the intelligence almost successfully."

"One writes poetry for the ear and the heart, not the mind."

"Poetry creates a world we long for but have never inhabited."

"The mind of a poet is the mind of the world."

"To live poetically is to live fully alive."

"Reality is always less satisfying than fiction."

"Poetry reveals what prose merely states."

"I am not the first nor will I be the last to discover new truths in old books."

"The only reason to write is to tell the truth as you see it."

"All books are either dreams or swords."

"A poet should use common words to express uncommon things."

"Literature is the mirror of society."

"I've always believed that writing should capture the essence of everyday moments."