Writers And Poets Quotes:

If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.

- Toni Morrison

topic: Inspirational, Happiness, Attitude, Joy Of Reading, Creative Writing

When younger writers and poets, musicians and painters are weakened by a stemming of funds, they come to me saddened, not as full of dreams and excitement and ideas. I am then weakened and diminished, and made less rich.

- Maya Angelou

topic: Dream, Ideas, Musician, Saddened, Writers And Poets

Intellectuals, academics, writers and poets were an important force in the early groups of volunteers. They had the means to get to Spain and were accustomed to travelling, whereas very few workers had left British shores.

- William Alexander

topic: Mean, Journey, Volunteer, Writers And Poets

The talent of a true writer and poet is in the ear.

- Bryant H. McGill

topic: Ears, Comeback, Talent, Writers And Poets

On Memorial Day, I don't want to only remember the combatants. There were also those who came out of the trenches as writers and poets, who started preaching peace, men and women who have made this world a kinder place to live.

- Eric Burdon

topic: Memorial Day, Men, World, Memorial Day Heroes, Memorial Day Weekend

Anyone can express himself or herself, but what writers and poets want to do in their work, more than simply express themselves, is communicate.

- Raymond Carver

source: Raymond Carver (2001). “Call If You Need Me: The Uncollected Fiction and Other Prose”, Vintage

topic: Writing, Want, Poet, Writers And Poets

I was joking earlier when I said that all writers are manic depressives, but it's a joke with a lot of truth behind it. For fiction writers and poets, too, there's something wrong with you and you do this art as a way of correcting it or addressing it in some way.

- T.C. Boyle

source: Source: therumpus.net

topic: Art, Fiction, Way, Writers And Poets

I think Lindsay Kemp really introduced me to the work of Jean Genet, and through that, I kind of kept re-educating myself about other prose writers and poets.

- David Bowie

source: "David Bowie On The Ziggy Stardust Years: We Were Creating The 21st Century In 1971". Interview with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. January 11, 2016.

topic: Thinking, Kind, Poet, Writers And Poets

I was brought up in a home where I saw my parents read and I was taken to bookshops and libraries, so I grew up feeling very comfortable around books. Also, Ireland is a country which has honoured its writers and poets, so when someone says they wanted to be a writer, its not mocked or looked down upon.

- Michael Scott

topic: Country, Book, Taken, Writers And Poets

Shakespeare, who is probably the greatest writer and poet of the English language, lived in a time that was politically very conservative and it's reflected in his writings.

- Alex Cox

source: Interview with Maximilian Le Cain, sensesofcinema.com. January 2003.

topic: Writing, Conservative, Language, Writers And Poets

I never had aspirations to go into politics or medicine. I always wanted to be an artist of some sort. I wasn't so politically motivated. I felt that the world from an early age was disappointing. My father taught me about the bomb, and it was eye-opening. From then on, I thought grown-ups needed to do a better job. I still think that.

- Patti Smith

source: Source: www.chicagotribune.com

topic: Jobs, Father, Eye, Eye Opening, Writers And Poets

The letters of famous people can be placed into two categories: there is the type of letter which becomes itself a valuable contribution to literature through its wit, style or wisdom; another kind is that whose main importance lies in the provision of a background to their author's life. Especially in the correspondence of great writers and poets, these two factors are very often combined ...

- Muriel Spark

topic: Lying, Two, People, Writers And Poets, Correspondence

The only advice [for new writers and poets] I can offer is to be yourself: not the self someone else wants you to be, but the self you are. Enjoy yourself and your life. But most of all travel and eat. That's how we learn.

- Nikki Giovanni

topic: Being Yourself, Advice, Want, Writers And Poets, Enjoy Yourself

I actually very rarely see comedy myself, and although I admire the work of some comics, it does come from all over, so I’ll get a charge out of some fiction writers and poets.

- Dylan Moran

source: "Dylan Moran Makes Sentences of Things". Interview with J.L. Sirisuk, www.interviewmagazine.com. June 13, 2013.

topic: Doe, Fiction, Comedy, Writers And Poets