As poet laureate, I was asked to be a spokesman for literature. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes ask laureate literature
Take the time to write. You can do your life's work in half an hour a day. Robert Hass dayhalfhour Change image and share on social
The market doesn't make communities. Markets make networks of self-interested individuals, and they work as long as there's more than enough to go around. Robert Hass communityindividualinterest Change image and share on social
All the new thinking is about loss, In this it resembles all the old thinking. Robert Hass lossresemblethink Change image and share on social
I know some people might think it odd - unworthy even - for me to have written a cookbook, but I make no apologies. The U.S. poet laureate Billy Collins thought I had demeaned myself by writing poetry for Hallmark Cards, but I am the people's poet so I write for the people. Maya Angelou apologybillycard share on social
I went to graduate school with zero expectation. I kind of backed into it. I wanted to go back to school because I felt gaps in my literary background. I studied mostly twentieth-century English literature in college, so I thought, 'Maybe I'll go back for my writing.' Susan Minot backbackgroundcentury share on social
