“I think it was rather an advantage not having any living poets in England or America in whom one took any particular interest. I don't know what it would be like but I think it would be a rather troublesome distraction to have such a lot of dominating presences, as you call them, about. Fortunately we weren't bothered by each other.” ThinkingKnowsWould BeAmericaPoetryInterestParticularPoetAdvantageEnglandDistractionBotheredTroublesomeDominating Author:T. S. Eliot
“Every genuine poet is necessarily a Columbus. America existed for centuries before Columbus but it was only Columbus who was able to track it down.” AbleAmericaPoetryCenturyPoetTrackGenuineColumbus Book:We: Introduction by Will Self Source: We: Introduction by Will Self
“In America, the term younger poet is applied with chivalric liberality. It can be used to describe anyone not yet collecting a Social Security pension.” AmericaUsedSocialTermSecurityPoetSocial SecurityCollectingPensionLiberality Author:Dana Gioia
“In America they have to know just what you are-- novelist, poet, playwright... Well, I've been all of them... I think poems and novels and stories spring from the same seed. It's not like, say, playing polo and knitting.” ThinkingKnowsWellsStoriesAmericaNovelPoetSpringSeedsNovelistsPlaywrightKnittingPolo Author:Robert Penn Warren
“I would say, from an all-around point of view, Bruce Springsteen is one of the two great poet lords of America, Bob Dylan, coming out of the music world, the two of them.” WorldTwoAmericaViewsLordPoetPoint Of ViewComing OutBobDylanGreat PoetSpringsteen Author:Clive Davis