We are each other’s harvest; we are each other’s business; we are each other’s magnitude and bond.
—Gwendolyn Brooks
Topics: Responsibility
A writer should get as much education as possible, but just going to chool is not enough; if it were, all owners of doctorates would be inspired writers.
—Gwendolyn Brooks
Topics: Inspiration
Poetry is life distilled.
—Gwendolyn Brooks
Topics: One liners, Poets, Poetry
Wondering Whom to Read Next?
Stanley Kunitz American Poet
Howard Nemerov American Poet, Novelist
Mark Van Doren American Poet, Critic
Alice Walker American Novelist, Activist
Margaret Walker American Author, Poet
Lucille Clifton American Poet
Maya Angelou American Poet
Mark Strand American Poet, Essayist
Conrad Aiken American Poet, Novelist
Sara Teasdale American Poet