Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.

Quote by James Broughton

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In the world of poetry there are would-be poets, workshop poets, promising poets, lovesick poets,...

In the world of poetry there are would-be poets, workshop poets, promising poets, lovesick poets,...

Some artists shrink from self-awareness, fearing that it will destroy their unique gifts and even...

Some artists shrink from self-awareness, fearing that it will destroy their unique gifts and even...

The only limits are, as always, those of vision.

The only limits are, as always, those of vision.

I often start writing in order to excite an expansive emotion.

I often start writing in order to excite an expansive emotion.

The most astonishing joy is to receive from the muses the gift of a whole...

The most astonishing joy is to receive from the muses the gift of a whole...

My major aim in writing is to set out flags and issue wake-up calls.

My major aim in writing is to set out flags and issue wake-up calls.

The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

Adversity is a stimulus.

Adversity is a stimulus.

The only limits are, as always, those of vision.

The only limits are, as always, those of vision.

And to Shakespeare I owe my vision of the world as a theater, wherein all...

And to Shakespeare I owe my vision of the world as a theater, wherein all...

Acclaim is a distraction.

Acclaim is a distraction.

I tried to stir the imagination and enthusiasms of students to take risks, to do...

I tried to stir the imagination and enthusiasms of students to take risks, to do...

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.

I had a toy theater and a magic lantern, and when I was eight I...

I had a toy theater and a magic lantern, and when I was eight I...

For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

Today the U.S. is farther from being nourished by poetry than it was a hundred...

Today the U.S. is farther from being nourished by poetry than it was a hundred...

The American public does not know poets exist.

The American public does not know poets exist.

Rarest of the real poets are born poets. They are the oddballs, not the professors.

Rarest of the real poets are born poets. They are the oddballs, not the professors.

I consider my films to be poems that are all as personal as my writing...

I consider my films to be poems that are all as personal as my writing...