Po Biz Quotes & Sayings

(Odin and Loki are) like the Jay and Silent Bob of Norse myth. — Erik Evensen

A taste for better stuff is cultivated only through experience. — Barbara Kingsolver

I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive. — Thomas Jefferson

Suicide is career gold for the poet. Sadly, the poet isn't around to reap any benefits from it. — Jim Behrle

I do believe that one's writing life needs to be kept separate from Po-Biz. Personally, I deal with this by not attending too many poetry readings, primarily reading dead poets or poems in translation, reading Poets & Writers only once for grant/contest information before I quickly dispose of it, and not reading Poetry Daily. Ever. — Cate Marvin

Has anybody seen my tambourine? — Tim Curry

Now, you might think that because there are more poets than ever, there might be more opportunities for poets than ever. And you'd be correct. If your fondest wish is to become the next totally obscure minor poet on the block, well, you're probably already successful at that. This literary landscape has proven itself infinitely capable of absorbing countless interchangeable artists, all doing roughly the same thing in relative anonymity: just happily plucking away until death at the grindstone, making no great cultural headway, bouncing poems off their friends and an audience of about 40 people. A totally fine little life for an artist, to be sure. No grand expectations from the world to sit up and listen. One can live out one's days quite satisfied to create something enjoyed by a genial cult. But that's not why any of us are here tonight. We're here to conquer American Poetry and suck it dry of all glory and juice. — Jim Behrle

Everyone loves something, even if it's only tortillas. — Chogyam Trungpa

God will not be a half husband. He will not be comforted by the fact that we call him "Savior" when we refuse to follow him as Lord. — Randy Alcorn

You would think I would recycle by the way I found my last chick ... cause all she wants is paper or plastic. — Consequence

He held up the fingers of his left hand, with the thumb concealed.
- There are five fingers there. Do you see five fingers?
- Yes. — George Orwell

To the extent that a man is untrue to the law of his being and does not rise to personality, he has failed to realize his life's meaning. Fortunately, — C. G. Jung

I write what needs to be written the way that seems genuinely right. If what comes out of it are stories, then it is my vocation to believe in them and in the fact that they'll interest people and maybe affect their lives. — Etgar Keret

Always demand proof of nirvana before you start following messiahs who're selling it to you. Those guys don't exactly have the greatest track record in the universe. — Peter F. Hamilton

Tomorrow, today will come and visit you; mind today! — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

You want to play the Bogey-Man?...Part's already taken. I'm driven by demons you can't even imagine. — Pat Mills

I'm not unlucky at love, just incredibly lucky with celibacy. — Tim Heaton