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The poetry I grew up on is really an intense form of poetry; it's so pure and powerful.

'Pale Fire' by Vladimir Nabokov was bloody hard work but really thrilling.

I always liked the magic of poetry but now I'm just starting to see behind the curtain of even the best poets, how they've used, tried and tested craft to create the illusion. Wonderful feeling of exhilaration to finally be there.

I've been surprised to learn how many people love poetry. It's beautiful to see that people want poetry in their lives.

I've always been a fan of poetry. I grew up with Lawrence Ferlinghetti and the Beat poets. I really followed that stuff for a while. I just love the way people threw words around like they were painting.

I really love poetry. I'm a big E.E. Cummings fan and a big Walt Whitman fan, and I have a big book of poetry.

I love romantic poetry.

I find great consolation in having a lot of poetry books around. I believe that writing poetry and reading it are deeply intertwined. I've always delighted in the company of the poets I've read.

Fiction and poetry are my first loves, but the really beautiful lyrical essay can do so much that other forms cannot.

Poetry is fascinating. As soon as it begins the poetry has changed the thing into something extra, and somehow prose can go over into poetry.