I never thought of myself as a New York poet or as an American poet. Kenneth Koch americanpoetthink Change image and share on social
I certainly have the feeling that I'm the same person even though I've changed a great deal. Kenneth Koch changedealfelt Change image and share on social
I'm a writer who likes to be influenced. Kenneth Koch influencelikewriter Change image and share on social
It takes a long time to publish a book. Kenneth Koch booklongpublish Change image and share on social
As I look over my work, I mean every time I look over my early work, I see, yes, I could do that then and then I could do that and that... That may be the hardest thing for a writer, at least for a poet, to tell what the identity of his work is. Kenneth Koch earlyhardidentity share on social
I was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. My family was not nationally known as being a literary family, though my mother and my mother's side of the family in general were interested in literature. Kenneth Koch bearcincinnatifamily Change image and share on social
Picasso said once when being interviewed that one should not be one's own connoisseur. Kenneth Koch connoisseurinterviewpicasso Change image and share on social
Maybe there are three or four really good poets in a generation. Kenneth Koch generationgoodpoet Change image and share on social
I've had trouble with criticism, I guess. It's hard to know what role criticism plays in either encouraging poets or in getting other people to read them. Kenneth Koch criticismencourageguess Change image and share on social
I got married, other people went off. We had sort of another public-we were our entire readership for many years, and we were very excited by each other. Kenneth Koch entireexcitemarry Change image and share on social
