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  • 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.

    Doe   Fiction   Comedy  
    "Dylan Moran Makes Sentences of Things". Interview with J.L. Sirisuk, www.interviewmagazine.com. June 13, 2013.
  • 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.

  • 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.

    Country   Book   Taken  
  • The talent of a true writer and poet is in the ear.

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

  • 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 - Celebrity Guest Author Interview". Interview with Cheryl Holloway, www.cherylholloway.net. February 14, 2014.
  • 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.

    Thinking   Kind   Poet  
    "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.
  • 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.

    Dream   Ideas   Musician  
    "Visions: Maya Angelou". Interview With Ken Kelley, www.motherjones.com. May/June 1995.
  • 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.

    Interview with Maximilian Le Cain, sensesofcinema.com. January 2003.
  • 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.

    Lying   Two   People  
    Muriel Spark (2014). “The Essence of the Brontes: A Compilation with Essays”, p.31, Carcanet
  • 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.

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

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

    Art   Fiction   Way  
    Source: therumpus.net
  • I always wanted to be an artist, writer and poet since I was seven, and one has to live long enough to evolve as an artist and do one's finest work.

    Artist   Long   Poet  
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