A poet never takes notes. You never take notes in a love affair.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake it for a universal one.
I never use notes, they interfere with me.
One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry.
The poet does not know - often he will never know - whom he really writes for.
The poet must decide not to impose his feelings in order to write without sentimentality.
I don't think I've ever read poetry, ever. I'm not really book-smart.
A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.
Well, if this is poetry, I'm certainly never going to write any myself.
I don't think I've ever read poetry, ever.
When the poet is in love, he is incapable of writing poetry on love. He has to write when he remembers that he was in love.