“"You know that it is quite preposterous of you to chase rainbows," said the sane person to the poet. "Yet it would be rather beautiful if I did one day manage to catch one," mused the poet.” IfsKnowsPersonsSaidWould BeBeautifulSciencePoetOne DayManageSaneRainbow Book:Little Stories Source: Little Stories
“A fine lady; by which term I wish to express the result of that perfect education in taste and manner, down to every gesture, which heaven forbid that I, professing to be a poet, should undervalue. It is beautiful, and therefore I welcome it in the name of the author of all beauty. I value it so highly that I would fain see it extend not merely from Belgravia to the tradesman's villa, but thence, as I believe it one day will, to the laborer's hovel and the needlewoman's garret.” ShouldBelieveBeautifulValuesNamesI BelieveHeavenWishTermPerfectResultsPoetFineTasteOne DayWelcomeGesturesLaborersVillaFine Lady Book:Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An Autobiograhpy Source: Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An Autobiograhpy
“I pulled a book by Robinson Jeffers off the shelf one day. It was powerfully moving. Tears ran down my face. That's when I became a poet.” BookFacesMovingPoetryTearsPoetOne DayRanShelves Author:William Everson
“My mom was a manic depressive schizophrenic who, after a year in prison, went home and shot herself. My sister, Kirsten, an amazing poet, who was raised by this woman, and was dating a guy who broke up with her for the fourth time in three weeks. And one day, she came to his house, got a gun, and blew her brains out all over his headboard. I just went through a divorce, five years in court and cost me $2 million dollars. If anyone, by law, should be forced to take antidepressants it's me... But instead, I choose to be an antidepressant. And you can take me with alcohol.” IfsShouldYearsHomeLawGuyThreeHouseBrainMillionsFiveWeekPoetMomOne DayCostGunShotsDatingCourtDollarsPrisonRaisedMy MomDivorceAlcoholBrokeFive YearsTake MeMy SisterFourthMillion DollarsManicBroke UpSchizophrenicDepressiveAntidepressants Author:Christopher Titus
“It was when I was on the set of Dead Poets Society.There was actor,his name was Norman Lloyd. One day he took us all aside and said, "You guys don't even understand what a powerful experience you're having. You don't really understand what a gift this is." We were going, "What does he mean?" It was that really wonderful opportunities aren't to be taken for granted. I often found that it had embedded itself in my memory.” MeanDoeSaidGuyActorsFoundOpportunityNamesMemoriesPowerfulTakenWonderfulPoetOne DayGrantedEmbeddedTaken For GrantedDead Poets SocietyDead Poets Author:Ethan Hawke
“There's always been what I would call the William Carlos Williams strain, in which poems of simplicity and clarity are valued by a different community. I was talking to Galway Kinnell one day, and he said that there was an audience for poetry up until about 1920 and then, from that point on, the poets and the critics drifted.” DifferentCommunityAudiencePoetOne DayCriticsSimplicityClarity Author:Ted Kooser
“If you want to become a man of letters and perhaps write some Histories one day, you must also lie and invent tales, otherwise your History would become monotonous. But you must act with restraint. The world condemns liars who do nothing but lie, even about the most trivial things, and it rewards poets, who lie only about the greatest things.” IfsMenWorldWantWritingLyingPoetOne DayLettersRewardsTalesLiarsRestraintMonotonousTrivial Things Book:Baudolino Source: Baudolino