“The public has an unusual relationship to the poet: It doesn't even know that he is there.”
Karl Shapiro (1913–2000) Poet, essayist
"Poets, Critics, and Readers" (1959)
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French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager … 1889–1963Related quotes
“If the word doesn't exist, invent it; but first be sure it doesn't exist.”
Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867) French poet
E. B. White (1899–1985) American writer
Salt Water Farm http://books.google.com/books?id=njRHAAAAYAAJ&q=%22A+despot+doesn't+fear+eloquent+writers+preaching+freedom+he+fears+a+drunken+poet+who+may+crack+a+joke+that+will+take+hold%22&pg=PA52#v=onepage <br class="br">One Man's Meat (1942)
“A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.”
Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer
Variant: A wise girl kisses but doesn’t love, listens but doesn’t believe, and leaves before she is left.
Stephen Colbert (1964) American political satirist, writer, comedian, television host, and actor
On his character in The Colbert Report in an interview on Larry King Live (11 October 2007) http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/larry.king.live/ <br class="br">Context: We worked very hard to keep him from being a jerk by keeping in mind he's well intentioned. Just poorly informed. He wants to do the right thing but has none of the tools to achieve it. Because he has no curiosity, he doesn't like to read and he won't listen anybody, except the voices in his head.
“Pain doesn't listen to reason, it has its own reason, which is not reasonable.”
Milan Kundera book Identity
pg 129
Source: Identity (1998)