Eloquence is the poetry of prose.

Poetry is fascinating. As soon as it begins the poetry has changed the thing into something extra and somehow prose can go over into poetry.

The poetry from the eighteenth century was prose the prose from the seventeenth century was poetry.

It is a way we reassess our past. We can do that in poetry in ways we can't do in prose.

Prose talks and poetry sings.

Science and art or by the same token poetry and prose differ from one another like a journey and an excursion. The purpose of the journey is its goal the purpose of an excursion is the process.

So I really began as a failed poet - although when I first wanted to be a writer I learned to write prose by reading poetry.

Gil Thorpe is a great diversion and is to book writing as poetry is to prose.

There is poetry even in prose in all the great prose which is not merely utilitarian or didactic: there exist poets who write in prose or at least in more or less apparent prose millions of poets write verses which have no connection with poetry.

For me prose walks poetry dances.