We all write poems; it is simply that the poets are the ones who write in words

Quote by John Fowles

Topics: Poetry Quotes

There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that time...

There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that time...

Men love war because it allows them to look serious. Because it is the one...

Men love war because it allows them to look serious. Because it is the one...

The most important questions in life can never be answered by anyone except oneself.

The most important questions in life can never be answered by anyone except oneself.

Time is not a road - it is a room

Time is not a road - it is a room

Our accepting what we are must always inhibit our being what we ought to be.

Our accepting what we are must always inhibit our being what we ought to be.

An answer is always a form of death.

An answer is always a form of death.

In essence the Renaissance was simply the green end of one of civilization's hardest winters.

In essence the Renaissance was simply the green end of one of civilization's hardest winters.

We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in...

We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in...

I don't think the English like me. I sold a colossal best seller in America,...

I don't think the English like me. I sold a colossal best seller in America,...

That is the great distinction between the sexes. Men see objects, women see the relationships...

That is the great distinction between the sexes. Men see objects, women see the relationships...

Whatever sympathy I feel towards religions, whatever admiration for some of their adherents, whatever historical...

Whatever sympathy I feel towards religions, whatever admiration for some of their adherents, whatever historical...

Baseball and cricket are beautiful and highly stylized medieval war substitutes, chess made flesh, a...

Baseball and cricket are beautiful and highly stylized medieval war substitutes, chess made flesh, a...

There are only two races on this planet - the intelligent and the stupid.

There are only two races on this planet - the intelligent and the stupid.

There are many reasons why novelists write, but they all have one thing in common...

There are many reasons why novelists write, but they all have one thing in common...

In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In...

In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In...

In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In...

In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In...

Content is a word unknown to life; it is also a word unknown to man.

Content is a word unknown to life; it is also a word unknown to man.

The ninety and nine are with dreams, content but the hope of the world made...

The ninety and nine are with dreams, content but the hope of the world made...

Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance...

Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance...

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he...

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he...