When I became poet laureate, I was in a slightly uncomfortable position because I think a lot of poetry isn't worth reading.

Written poetry is worth reading once, and then should be destroyed. Let the dead poets make way for others.

I don't read anything anymore. I don't have the eyesight. I read my own copy, that's all. I think I've read everything that's worth reading.

I think sports makes for good drama because it has all the same ingredients as anything worth reading or listening to or watching. Conflict, desire, heartbreak - it's all there.

A lot of writers dwell on their relationships with their mothers, but only a few are worth reading.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.