Amity Gaige Quotes

My brother used to say that I wrote faster than he could read. He wrote two books - of poems - better than all mine put together.

Nearly all men and women are poetical, to some extent, but very few can be called poets. There are great poets, small poets, and men and women who make verses. But all are not poets, nor even good versifiers. Poetasters are plentiful, but real poets are rare. Education can not make a poet, though it may polish and develop one.

No, I'm not a great painter. Neither am I a great poet.

I think I'm somebody who takes praise with a very big - probably too big - pinch of salt.

I ain't no author, man... my writing skills are not of 'New York Times' best-seller quality, trust and believe it ain't. My vocabulary ain't.

I wasn't that great a chef, and I don't think I'm that great a writer.

A man may be variously accomplished, and yet be a feeble poet.

I'm quite sure that most writers would sustain real poetry if they could, but it takes devotion and talent.

The importance of poetry is not measured, finally, by what the poet says but by how he says it.

For a poet to depict a poet in poetry is a hazardous experiment; in regarding one's own trade a sense of humour and a little wholesome cynicism are not amiss.

There are no poetic ideas; only poetic utterances.

I've been writing poetry seriously since about 2008, 2009.

Find a poet whose style you like, emulate that style, then deal with things that you know about - don't waste your time looking for your own style.' I wish I could remember who told me that, because I'd like to congraulate him. I've emulated all the old guys - Tennyson, Alexander Pope.

As a poet, Will Rogers just had this natural conversational style.

One can be well-bred and write bad poetry

RIMER, n. A poet regarded with indifference or disesteem.

There are probably many, many people who are better writers than me.

I'm no lyrical stylist; you wouldn't pick me for a perfect sentence, and I certainly wouldn't describe my novels as intellectual.

I have also written some poems which have not been collected in a volume.

I'm not quite pompous enough to think of myself as an educator or a man capable of definitive refutation of falsehoods.

I have been writing poetry since 1975. My first poetry book was published in 1986.

I may be the most recognizable name in the cast, but I can guarantee that I am not the most talented.

The idea that a poem was a made thing stayed with me, and I decided then that I wanted to be an artist, not just a diarist. So I put myself through a kind of apprenticeship in writing poetry, and I understood even then that my practice as a poet was deeply related to my reading.

Well, I still write poetry, but I wouldn't call myself a poet.

In the world of poetry there are would-be poets, workshop poets, promising poets, lovesick poets, university poets, and a few real poets.