For a long time I thought I was a poet, but that's a high title to claim.
Philip Pullman
The antagonism between the poet and the politician has generally been evident in all cultures.
Salvatore Quasimodo
A poet clings to his own tradition and avoids internationalism.
According to them, the poet is confined to the provinces with his mouth broken on his own syllabic trapeze.
Too much is demanded by the critic, attempted by the poet.
John Crowe Ransom
Chekhov is this poet of melancholy and isolation and of wishing you were somewhere else than where you are.
Salman Rushdie
I would like to be a philosopher in ancient Athens and a poet in ancient China.
Shan Sa
I am a better novelist than a poet, playwright, or essayist.
Jose Saramago
One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry.
Nathalie Sarraute
The poet sees better than other mortals. I do not see things as they are, but according to my own subjective impression, and this makes life easier... →
Robert Schumann