Robert Graves
Author: cwq
“I died in 1960 from a prison sentence and poetry brought me back to life.”
Etheridge Knight
The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he know it is not true.”
John Stienbeck
“Writing is easy, all you have to do is cross out the wrong words.”
Mark Twain
“The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.”
John Steinbeck
“A poem releases itself, secretes itself slowly, sometimes almost poisonously, into the mind of the reader.”
Mark Strand