X. J. Kennedy Quotes

My real name is Joe Kennedy, but if you live in Massachusetts, you can't sign 'Joe Kennedy.' So, back in 1957, I stuck the X on my name to be different from those people in Hyannis Port.

X. J. Kennedy Quotes

I don't think anybody is a poet 24/7, only in those rare moments when a person is producing a poem.

As a writer given to the old formalities of rhyme and meter, I sometimes feel endangered these days.

To me, a poem that's in rhyme and meter is the difference between watching a film in full color and watching a film in black and white. Not that a few black and white films aren't wonderful. So are certain successful pieces of free verse.

The attitude that poetry should not be analyzed is prevalent among many who consider themselves experts on children's literature. But I suspected that kids like to look closely at things and figure out what makes them go.

I like poems where you don't really know whether to laugh or cry when you read them.

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You don't need to wear Spanx if you buy my clothes. The dress, the trousers, the pencil skirt – they should do the work.

Weirdly, my nickname was Lady. I didn't get Stretch, or Stilts, or Spider Legs – I got Lady. I guess I was always a bit ladylike.

It doesn't matter what kind of clothes you put on: if you're a stylish individual, you're going to preserve that.

Anyone who doesn't regret the passing of the Soviet Union has no heart. Anyone who wants it restored has no brains.

There are big countries and small countries, rich and poor, those with long democratic traditions and those still finding their way to democracy.

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