"Poets are soldiers that liberate words from the steadfast possession of definition."

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"The ancient Greek oral poets all had this anxiety about the deficiencies of their memories and always began poems by praying to the Muse to help them remember."

David Antin, American Poet

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"Yes, you can feel very alone as a poet and you sometimes think, is it worth it? Is it worth carrying on? But because there were other poets, you became part of a scene. Even though they were very different writers, it made it easier because you were together."

Roger McGough, British Poet

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"Pound's crazy. All poets are. They have to be. You don't put a poet like Pound in the loony bin."

Ernest Hemingway, American Novelist

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"The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

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"It's difficult to get films made, especially films about poets."

Dougray Scott, Scottish Actor

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"Poets that lasting marble seek Must come in Latin or in Greek."

Edmund Waller, English Poet

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"Poets write the words you have heard before but in a new sequence."

Brian Harris, American Lawyer

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"Poets are born, not paid."

Addison Mizner, American Architect

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"I've been influenced by poets as diverse as Dylan Thomas, Lewis Carroll, and Edgar Allan Poe."

Jack Prelutsky, American Poet

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"Let the poets cry themselves to sleep, and all their tearful words will turn back into steam."

Conor Oberst, American Musician

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"Poverty is like punishment for a crime you didn't commit."

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"The belief in some being who can be the judge of all human matters is a very comfortable one - all wrongs will be righted and all rights will be rewarded."

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"To admit there is no god is to provide free license to pillage and rape with clear conscience."

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"The ancient Greek oral poets all had this anxiety about the deficiencies of their memories and always began poems by praying to the Muse to help them remember."

"Yes, you can feel very alone as a poet and you sometimes think, is it worth it? Is it worth carrying on? But because there were other poets, you became part of a scene. Even though they were very different writers, it made it easier because you were together."

"Pound's crazy. All poets are. They have to be. You don't put a poet like Pound in the loony bin."

"The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese."

"It's difficult to get films made, especially films about poets."

"Poets that lasting marble seek Must come in Latin or in Greek."

"Poets write the words you have heard before but in a new sequence."

"Poets are born, not paid."

"I've been influenced by poets as diverse as Dylan Thomas, Lewis Carroll, and Edgar Allan Poe."

"Let the poets cry themselves to sleep, and all their tearful words will turn back into steam."

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"Poverty is like punishment for a crime you didn't commit."

"The belief in some being who can be the judge of all human matters is a very comfortable one - all wrongs will be righted and all rights will be rewarded."

"To admit there is no god is to provide free license to pillage and rape with clear conscience."

"Poets are soldiers that liberate words from the steadfast possession of definition."

"The best things in life are unexpected - because there were no expectations."

"Most people are awaiting Virtual Reality; I'm awaiting virtuous reality."

"One failure is worth seven and a half successes."