Frankie Cosmos Quotes

You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.

I seem to only write New York stories because it's the only thing that inspires or interests me.

When I get depressed, I try to get something for the terrible sadness that comes over me and create something in terms of poetry.

Sometimes you can't write a novel for weeks and weeks, but it's good for your self-esteem to work on something else.

I always wanted to write poetry, even when I was very young.

I write not for your farthing, but to try. How I your farthing writers, may outvie.

I need to write to be happy.

Anything that I write comes from the soul.

Let me read you some of my poetry. My poetry just takes me to another level.

I once saw a picture in the paper of John Hegley with 'poet' written on his knuckles, and I thought that was pretty cool, so I was quite up front about it.

I want to have time for myself, my family and my friends. It's important because in order to sing well, you must have inspiration, and inspiration comes from life, from living.

I usually write when I'm in a great place. When I'm depressed, I don't usually write. So I take all of when I'm depressed and throw it into when I'm feeling good. Weird, I guess.

If I were to have a dream job, it would probably be a poet. Then again, I don't think I'm a very good poet!

Writing with you is the only thing that keeps me alive.

No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water.

I wrote my first song when I was six or seven, a silly little song. But I used to write poems in high school - not songs.

If you're a songwriter, you have to do homework. You can exist for a while on the inspiration, but at some point, you have to sit down and have the discipline to write - to finish the poem, as they say.

I am glad that I wrote something that brought joy to millions of people.

I've been writing since I was 10 or 11. I started with poetry because that was the easiest thing. It just kind of came naturally. I think at that time West Coast hip hop was huge; all these kids around me were like, 'I want to be a rapper.' But I'm a white girl, not going to be a rapper.

Women who are inclined to write poetry at all are inspired by being mad at something.

My greatest joy comes from creativity: from feeling that I have been able to identify a certain aspect of human nature and crystallise a phenomenon in words.

I work on words, mostly, toward them being poetry or short stories, and then some of those become songs. They all find their place in the world, but they all start off in the same place. I'm always painting and drawing as well, and it's an ongoing creative assignment.

What can a pencil do for all of us? Amazing things. It can write transcendent poetry, uplifting music, or life-changing equations; it can sketch the future, give life to untold beauty, and communicate the full-force of our love and aspirations.

I always found very strong images for my songwriting in New York.

I'm addicted to creating and writing.