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“Shakespeare was the Homer, or father of our dramatic poets;Jonson was theVirgil, the pattern of elaborate writing; I admire him, but I love Shakespeare.”

Writing Father Poet Patterns Admire Dramatic

Author:John Dryden

“Our father the novelist; my husband the poet. He belongs to the ages - just don't catch him at breakfast. Artists, celebrated for their humanity, they turn out to be scarcely human at all.”

Humans Age Artist Humanity Turns Father Poet Husband Novelists My Husband Breakfast Our Father

Book:Alan Bennett Plays 2: Kafka's Dick; Insurance Man; Old Country; Englishman Abroad; Question of Attribution

Source: Alan Bennett Plays 2: Kafka's Dick; Insurance Man; Old Country; Englishman Abroad; Question of Attribution

“I have decided to be a poet. My father said there isn't a suitable career structure for poets and no pensions and other boring things, but I am quite decided.”

Said Father Careers Poet Decided Structure Boring Suitable Pension Boring Things

Author:Sue Townsend

“[On writing her first poem at age eight:] An ode to my dead mother and father, who were both alive and pretty pissed off.”

Writing Firsts Children Age Mother Father Alive Poet Eight Mother And Father Pissed Off Odes Dead Mother

Author:Judith Viorst

“I was writing poems when I was young, you know, because my father was a poet, so it was absolutely normal to follow my father.”

Knows Writing Young Father Poet Normal Writing Poems

Author:Bernardo Bertolucci

“They (the poets) are to us in a manner the fathers and authors of the wisdom.”

Wisdom Poetry Father Poet

Author:Plato