“There is no poetry where there are no mistakes.”
“There is such a thing as the poetry of a mistake, and when you say, "Mistakes were made," you deprive an action of its poetry, and you sound like a weasel.”
“Where talent is lacking, anger writes poetry.”
“Only in Russia poetry is respected – it gets people killed. Is there anywhere else where poetry is so common a motive for murder?”
“High School is the place where poetry goes to die.”
“[Poetry] is a field where England can take on all challengers.”