For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest part of autobiography. — Robert Penn Warren
I don’t expect you’ll hear me writing any poems to the greater glory of ronald and nancy reagan. — Robert Penn Warren
I’ve been to a lot of places and done a lot of things, but writing was always first. — Robert Penn Warren
The urge to write poetry is like having an itch. When the itch becomes annoying enough, you scratch it. — Robert Penn Warren
The poem is a little myth of man’s capacity of making life meaningful. And in the end — Robert Penn Warren