Poetry, I think, intensifies the reader's experience. If it's a humorous facet of the story, poetry makes it more exuberant. If it's a... →
Vikram Seth
You have to learn a few things, which you do along the way, but basically, poetry is a matter of the ear. Iambic pentameters or what constitutes a... →
Everyone sort of sees his own life and times as being ephemeral. One thinks that everything good or important that happened, happened in the past.... →
You know, I can imagine not writing a novel and writing poetry only.
I spent many years of my life as an economist and demographer. I was finally distracted by writing my novels and poetry. I'm enormously happy... →
Those books of mine that are remunerative - I'm not talking about poetry here - take years to write, and I am never sure they'll be... →
Why do writers, say, give up a job in economics and decide to write poetry? Or, why do they give up a job in a bank and decide to paint, like Krishan... →
Some say they see poetry in my paintings; I see only science.
Georges Seurat
I have written some songs, but I would really call what I've done poetry at the end of the day, because I'll sit with my guitar for hours and... →
Amanda Seyfried
America's liberal arts universities have long been safe zones for leftist thinking, protected ivory towers for the pseudo-elite who earn their... →
Ben Shapiro