A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote. Yevgeny Yevtushenko poet poetry autobiography Change image and share on social
A poet's cultural baggage and erudition can interfere with a poem. Douglas Dunn interfere erudition cultural Change image and share on social
A poet's work is to name the unnamable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep. Salman Rushdie unnamable shape poet Change image and share on social
A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep. Salman Rushdie argument unnameable sleep Change image and share on social
A poet should always be 'collaborating' with his public, but this public, in the mass, cannot make itself heard, and he has to guess at its requirements and its criticisms. Louis MacNeice poet mas guess Change image and share on social
A poet who is a bad man is a degraded being, baser and more culpable than a bad man who is not a poet. Victor Hugo base degrade culpable Change image and share on social
A poetic, sensitive, tortured soul, the Ian Curtis of the myth - he was definitely that. Peter Hook poetic soul torture Change image and share on social
A point of view can be a dangerous luxury when substituted for insight and understanding. Marshall McLuhan view substitute understand Change image and share on social
A police force, wherever they are, is made up of amazing people, and I respect them a great deal. Nancy McKeon people great make Change image and share on social
A policeman, as you discover, has to put up with a hell of a lot of abuse. A man in any other line of work would nail a guy who laid that kind of abuse on him. I know I would. Kent McCord put line abuse Change image and share on social