Richard Burton Quotes

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

Anticipating that most poetry will be worse than carrying heavy luggage through O'Hare Airport, the public, to its loss, reads very little of it.

Every good poet includes a critic, but the reverse is not true.

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.

I would love to be the poet laureate of Coney Island.

Anyone who holds a pen these days thinks he or she is a poet.

We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words.

Poetry itself hasn't been well served by poets who fled to the margins.

If, at a party, I say I'm a poet, people have a hard time responding, almost as if I'd said I'm a priest.

Usually a life turned into a poem is misrepresented.

No bad man can be a good poet.

If it is an imperfect word, no external circumstance can heighten its value as poetry.

I'd kill to be a poet.

Well, if this is poetry, I'm certainly never going to write any myself.

Many poets, as you know, are not good readers.

I always thought that poetry is the verdict that others give to a certain kind of writing. So to call yourself a poet is a kind of dangerous description. It's for others; it's for others to use.

I cannot say I'm a poet. That's for someone when they take in consideration where they can bestow 'poet' on. I can't do it. But I would be disingenuous if I didn't say that my intention is poetry.

I've written poetry most of my life.

Gregory Corso used to get really pissed when people called Bob Dylan a 'poet.' After writing poetry for a few years, I can understand that.

Romantic poetry had its heyday when people like Lord Byron were kicking it large. But you try and make a living as a poet today, and you'll find it's very different!

Well, I like to write poetry. I'm a published poet.

When I was in college, I really liked poetry. I don't read much anymore.

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

You don't have to live in a garage to write great poetry.

In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime.