Helen VendlerPoetry If you like the precision and concision of poetry, a page of prose is unsatisfying in a certain way. And poetry is so direct. – Helen Vendler Concision Quotes Direct Quotes Poetry Quotes Precision Quotes Prose Quotes Unsatisfying Quotes I would like to spend more time with Spanish poetry. I know French better than Spanish, but Spanish was my first language, and my father spoke it to us. Thinking in its lower grades, is comparable to paper money, and in its higher forms it is a kind of poetry.
Jen Ledger I want to write music that actually matters and to be able to make a difference through song. – Jen Ledger
Mike Portnoy There’s been a lot of crossing paths with the Yes camp over the years for me. The first one was when Dream Theater and Yes toured together in 2004, which was a lot of fun. – Mike Portnoy
Auston Matthews You want to do what you do best and play to your abilities. As far as that goes I don’t think that’s really a problem for me. – Auston Matthews
Jean Hanff Korelitz Serious writers pretend they don’t care about film adaptations of their work, but it’s a colossal lie: We all care. – Jean Hanff Korelitz
Simone Elkeles I get a lot of mail from boys in detention centers, including one from a center where they only had a few copies of my novel. They had a deal with each other that they’d read a couple of chapters and then slide it under the door to the next guy. I think that’s very cool. – Simone Elkeles
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