10 More Great Quotes About Poets, Poetry, and Writing From Movies

“Some celestial event. No… no words. No words to describe it. Poetry! They should’ve sent a poet. So beautiful. So beautiful… I had no idea.”

—Contact (1997)

“Like anything worth writing, it came inexplicably and without method.”

—Stranger Than Fiction (2006)

“Truth is like poetry. And most people f**king hate poetry.”

—The Big Short (2015)

“If it’s bad, I’ll hate it because I hate bad writing. If it’s good I’ll be envious and I’ll hate it all the more. You don’t want the opinion of another writer.”

—Midnight in Paris (2011)

“In a poet’s pocket, you often find the product of an active imagination.”

—Cyrano Bergerac (1950)

“Why is it that the words that we write for ourselves are always so much better than the words we write for others?”

—Finding Forrester (2000)

“Poems are my solace for the eternity which surrounds us all.”

—A Quiet Passion (2016)

“There are no trashy writers, only trashy readers.”

—Reuben, Reuben (2016)

“Poetry doesn’t belong to those who write it; it belongs to those who need it.”

—Il Postino (1994)

“Everything gets revised 4,000 times. There’s no writing. There’s only rewriting.”

—Get Bruce (1999)

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A fun and entertaining twist to your usual entry in the series. I enjoyed this a great deal!

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Paul Szlosek says:

January 4, 2021 at 7:07 pm

So sorry Brad for the late response, but thank you so much! I am so happy that you enjoyed these quotes!

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Paul Szlosek says:

January 4, 2021 at 7:09 pm

I apologize for the tardy response, Liz! I feel the same about that quote, which by the way, was delivered by a fictitious Ernest Hemmingway.

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Uh oh. “Midnight in Paris” revealed my deepest, darkest secret.

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Interesting, the different slant to these quotes! I like them!

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Paul Szlosek says:

January 4, 2021 at 7:11 pm

So sorry for the late reply, but thank you so much, Eugenia!

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Very amusing! Thanks.

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Paul Szlosek says:

January 4, 2021 at 7:13 pm

You are very welcome, Robin, and thank you!

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10 More Great Quotes About Poets, Poetry, and Writing From Movies

“Some celestial event. No… no words. No words to describe it. Poetry! They should’ve sent a poet. So beautiful. So beautiful… I had no idea.”

—Contact (1997)

“Like anything worth writing, it came inexplicably and without method.”

—Stranger Than Fiction (2006)

“Truth is like poetry. And most people f**king hate poetry.”

—The Big Short (2015)

“If it’s bad, I’ll hate it because I hate bad writing. If it’s good I’ll be envious and I’ll hate it all the more. You don’t want the opinion of another writer.”

—Midnight in Paris (2011)

“In a poet’s pocket, you often find the product of an active imagination.”

—Cyrano Bergerac (1950)

“Why is it that the words that we write for ourselves are always so much better than the words we write for others?”

—Finding Forrester (2000)

“Poems are my solace for the eternity which surrounds us all.”

—A Quiet Passion (2016)

“There are no trashy writers, only trashy readers.”

—Reuben, Reuben (2016)

“Poetry doesn’t belong to those who write it; it belongs to those who need it.”

—Il Postino (1994)

“Everything gets revised 4,000 times. There’s no writing. There’s only rewriting.”

—Get Bruce (1999)

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“Some celestial event. No… no words. No words to describe it. Poetry! They should’ve sent a poet. So beautiful. So beautiful… I had no idea.”

—Contact (1997)

“Like anything worth writing, it came inexplicably and without method.”

—Stranger Than Fiction (2006)

“Truth is like poetry. And most people f**king hate poetry.”

—The Big Short (2015)

“If it’s bad, I’ll hate it because I hate bad writing. If it’s good I’ll be envious and I’ll hate it all the more. You don’t want the opinion of another writer.”

—Midnight in Paris (2011)

“In a poet’s pocket, you often find the product of an active imagination.”

—Cyrano Bergerac (1950)

“Why is it that the words that we write for ourselves are always so much better than the words we write for others?”

—Finding Forrester (2000)

“Poems are my solace for the eternity which surrounds us all.”

—A Quiet Passion (2016)

“There are no trashy writers, only trashy readers.”

—Reuben, Reuben (2016)

“Poetry doesn’t belong to those who write it; it belongs to those who need it.”

—Il Postino (1994)

“Everything gets revised 4,000 times. There’s no writing. There’s only rewriting.”

—Get Bruce (1999)

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