22 Quotes by Amy Gerstler

With contemporary poetry having approximately as many fans outside the immediate field as there are devotees of undergoing knee surgery, any sentient, breathing reader who's genuinely interested in poetry... not scared of it... seems a godsend.

Ideally, I'd love to write poems that intrigued humans across the board: literary folk and academics as well as... dog-walkers, doctors, plumbers, chefs, math professors, jugglers, etc.

The human imagination can connect to practically anything.

I don't like scaring people off. When I tell people I'm a writer, they look kind of interested. Then I tell them that I write poetry, and they think I'm weird.

There is an element in some of my work that has to do with being an outsider, feeling like not part of the dominant culture.

Most people who write and publish poetry teach or do something else.

Film and TV are the most popular mediums in America. Literature and poetry are possibly the most under-recognized art forms.

I don't write to create performance material; I write to make books.

I am introverted and a complete klutz.