Famous quotes containing the words american and/or poet:
“Resolve to win—period—because that is the American system. You take either side—it doesn’t even matter which one—and you go on the attack.”
—Donald Freed, U.S. screenwriter, and Arnold M. Stone. Robert Altman. Richard Nixon (Philip Baker Hall)
“The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood.”
—Jean Cocteau (1889–1963)