Poet Quotes and aphorisms about essays Octavio Paz Maya Angelou ,, In all my work, in the movies I write, the lyrics, the poetry, the prose, the essays, I am saying t... Maya Angelou ,, I liked to write from the time I was about 12 or 13. I loved to read. And since I only spoke to my ... Tracy K. Smith ,, For years following the death of my mother, I wanted to write about her. I started writing what I t... Paul Muldoon Donald Hall Donald Hall ,, I have written some poetry and two prose books about baseball, but if I had been a rich man, I prob... Adrian Mitchell Sharon Olds Maya Angelou