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I always read poetry before I write, to sensitize me to the rhythms and music of language.

I read poetry to save time.

I've been writing a lot of poetry recently. It helps me think and work things out.

Maybe it is something to do with age, but I have become fonder of poetry than of prose.

I have not the slightest pretension to call my verses poetry; I write now and then for no other purpose than to relieve depression or to improve my English.

The urge to write poetry is like having an itch. When the itch becomes annoying enough, you scratch it.

I was always making up rhymes. But I never thought that poetry would become my life.

I read mostly poetry.