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" It would probably surprise people to know that I'm interested in wildlife. I read a lot of poetry, too. "

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" I was raised on songs of poetry like Simon and Garfunkel and Cat Stevens and Neil Young, etc. I love those old songs probably the most because they hit me so deep down in my core. "

" Lean your body forward slightly to support the guitar against your chest, for the poetry of the music should resound in your heart. "

" You're shadowed by your own dream, especially as you get older, of trying to create something that will last in poetry. And so, you're working on its behalf. "

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

" Pain is filtered in a poem so that it becomes finally, in the end, pleasure. "

" I'm moved by people who see the world differently than others. People who see the world with a longing for its poetry often can be broken people. "

" A poet can survive everything but a misprint. "

" Long before we created libraries, or even books, poetry was the way we humans remembered who we were, a primary means of documenting and contemplating our lives. "

Robin Coste Lewis

" Lord of the Rings was something I always wanted to do. I read the book when I was about 25, and I was always hoping if it was ever made into a feature film that I would be involved in some way. And then I finally got it, and I was over the moon. It was fantastic news. "

" There's always a need at a critical time for poetry. "

" I don't believe that poetry is in danger because nobody wants to read it or appreciate it. There is a tremendous audience for it on any given day or night. You just have to know where to look. "

" I don't feel like a celebrity. Poetry justifies celebrity. It's good to have respect for a poet. "

" Some say they see poetry in my paintings; I see only science. "

" What we know is that Shakespeare wrote perhaps the most remarkable body of passionate love poetry in the English language to a young man. "

Stephen Greenblatt

" Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth. "

" I certainly can't speak for all cultures or all societies, but it's clear that in America, poetry serves a very marginal purpose. It's not part of the cultural mainstream. "

" The fate of poetry is to fall in love with the world. "

" And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it is surprising that so much poetry is written. "

" Poetry at its best can do you a lot of harm. "

" I had to go to Hollywood to recharge my career. "

" I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism is like a mirage in the desert. It says to you, come and sit, relax and enjoy yourself for a while. "

" I like to borrow forms and quotes and use a lot of allusions, in both poetry and music. "

" At the age when Bengali youth almost inevitably writes poetry, I was listening to European classical music. "

" It's important to enjoy who you are and to appreciate things around you. "

" Never fear: Thank Home, and Poetry, and the Force behind both. "

" 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 sad facet, poetry can make it more poignant. "

" When I was in college, I used to write little ditties and short stories and poetry for my friends. Writing a book is another thing. It is so much different from my traditional day of dirty fingernails and greasy hair and hot pans. "

" Poetry is the deification of reality. "

" We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, but of the quarrel with ourselves, poetry. "

William Butler Yeats

" The flame that is naturally clear always gives the most light and heat. If I could blend my talent for poetry and music into one, the light would burn still clearer, and I might go far. "

Robert Schumann