Quotes About Passion

It wasn't until I was named Youth Poet Laureate of L.A. in high school though that I officially began calling myself a poet. I just always loved writing, period.

I feel an intense intimacy with those who have this loathing interest in me. Further than this, I know what they mean, I sympathize with them, I understand them. There should be a name (as poetic as love) for this relationship between loather and loathed; it is of the closest and more full of passion than incest.

I may not be poetic but i'd love to write songs that convey my true feelings.

I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I'll die like a poet.

The fate of poetry is to fall in love with the world.

I chose poetry. Actually, poetry chose me.

Then I discovered I loved writing poetry more than fiction.

I love painting and music, of course. I don't know nearly as much about them as I know about poetry. I've certainly been influenced by fiction. I was overwhelmed by War and Peace when I read it, and I didn't read it until I was in my late 20s.

But poetry is my life. Poetry is what matters to me.

But for me, being an editor I've been an editor of all kinds of books being an editor of poetry has been the way in which I could give a crucial part of my time to what I love most.

I've always written, all my life, and when I was very young I developed an interest in poetry.

Let me read you some of my poetry. My poetry just takes me to another level.

Saints have no moderation, nor do poets, just exuberance.

I'm inspired by the poets, so I'm always going to give in that direction, rather than in any other. It's the making of me... and also the downfall of me.

Living at that pitch, on that edge, is something which many poets engage in to some extent.

I love art, and it plays a huge role in my life. It's definitely one of my greatest joys, and I'm a bit fanatical about certain painters and poets and musicians and sculptors.

When I was ten, I spent a school holiday watching a lot of films: 'Dead Poets Society', 'Stand By Me', 'Home Alone' and 'The Goonies'. It completely inspired me. I told my parents I wanted to become an actor after that.

I also want to sing the lyrics penned by poets like Srijato.

I finally got to the point where I decided I don't care if it's good art or bad art - it's what I do. I enjoy doing it, and people like it.

Let's face it: professing a deep interest in movies, the absolutely dominant global art form of the last century, is at this point like professing an interest in air. Passion is nice. Erudition is admirable. But it's like that moment when good manners cross over into meaningless etiquette.

One has to be fully committed to one's career. Otherwise, there's no point.

I clearly have a point of view; I am very passionate about my point of view. I am a commentator.

The reason I do this job is because I started to be a painter. Making money in art was difficult. The easiest way to make money was to use art for some other reason. One of the easiest and most interesting from an economic point of view was fashion. Fashion pays.

From my point of view, there is a lot of joy in stage work.