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"Early on, if I was alone two three nights in a row, I'd start writing poems about suicide."

"Early on, if I was alone two three nights in a row, I'd start writing poems about suicide."

Jack Nicholson, American Actor

Poems, Suicide, Writing

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"The notes I have made are not a diary in the ordinary sense, but partly lengthy records of my spiritual experiences, and partly poems in prose."

"The notes I have made are not a diary in the ordinary sense, but partly lengthy records of my spiritual experiences, and partly poems in prose."

Edvard Munch, Norwegian Artist

Poems, Prose, Sense, Spiritual

50

"I also write poems, so that is something that I really enjoy."

"I also write poems, so that is something that I really enjoy."

Billy Sherwood, American Musician

42

"Southern poets are still writing narrative poems, poems in forms, dramatic poems."

"Southern poets are still writing narrative poems, poems in forms, dramatic poems."

Robert Morgan, American Soldier

Poems, Poets, Writing

40

"The reason one writes poems is so that your poem will be remembered."

"The reason one writes poems is so that your poem will be remembered."

Peter Davison, British Actor

Poems, Reason, Will

40

"Each word bears its weight, so you have to read my poems quite slowly."

"Each word bears its weight, so you have to read my poems quite slowly."

Anne Stevenson, American Poet

Poems, Weight, Word

40

"Ginsberg's Collected Poems contains a wonderful poem about making it with Neal Cassady."

"Ginsberg's Collected Poems contains a wonderful poem about making it with Neal Cassady."

Thom Gunn, British Poet

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"Our poems will have failed if our readers are not brought by them beyond the poems."

"Our poems will have failed if our readers are not brought by them beyond the poems."

Muriel Rukeyser, American Poet

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"I tend to like poems that engage me - that is to say, which do not bore me."

"I tend to like poems that engage me - that is to say, which do not bore me."

Mark Strand, American Poet

36

"Everyone thinks they're going to write one book of poems or one novel."

"Everyone thinks they're going to write one book of poems or one novel."

Marilyn Hacker, American Poet

35

"I like poems you can tack all over with a hammer and there are no hollow places."

"I like poems you can tack all over with a hammer and there are no hollow places."

John Ashbery, American Poet

34

"By reason of weird translation, many such sets of instructions read like poems anyhow."

"By reason of weird translation, many such sets of instructions read like poems anyhow."

Brian Ferneyhough, British Composer

33

"On that other novels followed: but I still wrote fairy tales and dreamy poems of another world."

"On that other novels followed: but I still wrote fairy tales and dreamy poems of another world."

Laurence Housman, English Playwright

32

"As a friendly one. I would still like to write concrete poems, but I can only do it sometimes."

"As a friendly one. I would still like to write concrete poems, but I can only do it sometimes."

Ian Hamilton Finlay, Scottish Poet

32

"I didn't think about whether I was writing poems. I was thinking. And the more I was thinking, the more there was I didn't understand."

"I didn't think about whether I was writing poems. I was thinking. And the more I was thinking, the more there was I didn't understand."

David Antin, American Poet

Poems, Thinking, Writing

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"Most victims of my autobiographical verse are either far too polite, remarkably understanding unaware that I have written poems about them."

"Most victims of my autobiographical verse are either far too polite, remarkably understanding unaware that I have written poems about them."

John Barton, Canadian Poet

Poems, Understanding, Victims

32

"I like poems that are complex."

"I like poems that are complex."

Peter Davison, British Actor

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"Many of my poems are not sexual."

"Many of my poems are not sexual."

Thom Gunn, British Poet

32

"There must of course be a relationship between translating and making poems of your own, but what it is I just don't know."

"There must of course be a relationship between translating and making poems of your own, but what it is I just don't know."

Robert Fitzgerald, American Author

31

"I like Beethoven, especially the poems."

"I like Beethoven, especially the poems."

Ringo Starr, English Musician

31

"I sometimes like to tinker with poems that have failed, ones that I have sent aside. Even years afterward, I will revisit them if there is something about them that I cannot give up on."

"I sometimes like to tinker with poems that have failed, ones that I have sent aside. Even years afterward, I will revisit them if there is something about them that I cannot give up on."

John Barton, Canadian Poet

Poems, Will, Years

29

"I would like to be proud of having written some poems that will be remembered, but I will never know whether I will have any reason to be proud of that."

"I would like to be proud of having written some poems that will be remembered, but I will never know whether I will have any reason to be proud of that."

Peter Davison, British Actor

Poems, Reason, Will

28

"I was very committed to the process of composing, working at poems, putting things together and taking them apart like some kind of experimental filmmaker."

"I was very committed to the process of composing, working at poems, putting things together and taking them apart like some kind of experimental filmmaker."

David Antin, American Poet

27

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

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

Grazia Deledda, Italian Writer

27

"I liked the kid who wrote me that he had to do a term paper on a modern poet and he was doing me because, though they say you have to read poems twice, he found he could handle mine in one try."

"I liked the kid who wrote me that he had to do a term paper on a modern poet and he was doing me because, though they say you have to read poems twice, he found he could handle mine in one try."

Howard Nemerov, American Poet

27

"I used to carry about with me a German map-case filled with poems."

"I used to carry about with me a German map-case filled with poems."

John C. Hawkes, American Novelist

27

"I would not say I chose to write long poems on a conscious level. The long poem has been a relative constant."

"I would not say I chose to write long poems on a conscious level. The long poem has been a relative constant."

John Barton, Canadian Poet

27

"Why does one always ask a writer why they stopped? I am sure everyone finds in any drawer a few dear poems."

"Why does one always ask a writer why they stopped? I am sure everyone finds in any drawer a few dear poems."

Peter Bichsel, Swiss Writer

27

"I consider my films to be poems that are all as personal as my writing and as hand-made."

"I consider my films to be poems that are all as personal as my writing and as hand-made."

James Broughton, American Director

27

"I was writing notes, but not composing poems. The Hunter began to develop out of this fragmented process."

"I was writing notes, but not composing poems. The Hunter began to develop out of this fragmented process."

George Murray, Canadian Poet

25

"The title of the poems was The Only Bar in Dixon. We sent it out to The New Yorker on a fluke, and they took them and printed all three in the same issue."

"The title of the poems was The Only Bar in Dixon. We sent it out to The New Yorker on a fluke, and they took them and printed all three in the same issue."

James Welch, American Author

25

"I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman."

"I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

23

"No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers."

"No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers."

Horace, Roman Poet

23

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

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

John Fowles, English Novelist

Poems, Poets, Words

22

"Indeed, I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman."

"Indeed, I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

21

"Almost anything is too much. I am trying in my poems to have the reader be the experiencer. I do not want to be there. It is not even a walk we take together."

"Almost anything is too much. I am trying in my poems to have the reader be the experiencer. I do not want to be there. It is not even a walk we take together."

Mary Oliver, American Poet

Poems, Trying, Want

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