“It was an epiphany when I realized you don't have to call yourself a linguist, a translator, a poet. You can call yourself an artist and you can do all these things.” ArtistCan DoPoetProfessionI RealizedEpiphanyTranslatorsLinguists Author:Jan Peacock
“I am an ordinary human being who is impelled to write poetry. ... I still do feel that a poet has a duty to words, and that words can do wonderful things, and it's too bad to just let them lie there without doing anything with and for them.” FeelsWritingHumansStillsLyingCan DoHuman BeingsWonderfulPoetDutyOrdinaryWonderful Things Author:Gwendolyn Brooks
“What a writer can do, what a fiction writer or a poet or an essay writer can do is re-engage people with their own humanity.” PeopleHumanityCan DoFictionPoetEssaysFiction Writers Author:Barbara Kingsolver
“A lot of people think they can write poetry, and many do, because they can figure out how to line up the words or make certain sounds rhyme or just imitate the other poets they've read. But this boy, he's the real poet, because when he tries to put on paper what he's seen with his heart, he will believe deep down that there are no good words for it, no words can do it, and at that moment he will have begun to write poetry.” PeopleThinkingWritingTryingBelieveHeartRealMomentsCertainSoundCan DoLinesBoysFiguresPoetPaperThat MomentRhymeDeep DownGood Words Author:Cynthia Rylant