There's not a good poet I know who has not at the beck and call of his memory a vast quantity of poetry that composes his mental library.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A poet is never one of the people. He is detached, remote, and the life of small-time dances and talk about football would not be for him. He might take part but could not belong.
And some poets are far better read off the page because they're very bad speakers. I'm thinking of one in particular whom I won't name, a good poet, and he reads in such a dry, boring way, your eyes start drooping.
The attention one gets from being a poet isn't great.
The poet does not know - often he will never know - whom he really writes for.
I don't think I've ever read poetry, ever. I'm not really book-smart.
I don't think I've ever read poetry, ever.
Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.
I think poetry has lost an awful lot of its muscle because nobody knows any. Nobody has to memorize poetry.
No one ever was a great poet, that applied himself much to anything else.
Many poets, as you know, are not good readers.