I always tell students that writing a poem and publishing it are two quite separate things, and you should write what you have to write, and if you're afraid it's going to upset someone, don't publish it.
I've never been more famous than I was, suddenly, in 1986. - Wendy Cope
I've never been more famous than I was, suddenly, in 1986.
- Wendy Cope
Possibly I've become less funny as I've been happier. - Wendy Cope
Possibly I've become less funny as I've been happier.
I have a theory that if you've got the kind of parents who want to send you to boarding school, you're probably better off at boarding school. - Wendy Cope
I have a theory that if you've got the kind of parents who want to send you to boarding school, you're probably better off at boarding school.
Some socks are loners They can't live in pairs. - Wendy Cope
Some socks are loners They can't live in pairs.
I always tell students that writing a poem and publishing it are two quite separate things, and you should write what you have to write, and if you'r… - Wendy Cope
I always tell students that writing a poem and publishing it are two quite separate things, and you should write what you have to write, and if you'r…
I was single for a long time and felt very much alone in the world, and talk of family values upset me very much at that phase in my life, because I … - Wendy Cope
I was single for a long time and felt very much alone in the world, and talk of family values upset me very much at that phase in my life, because I …
I've said what I'm prepared to say in my poems, and then journalists think that you're going to tell them a whole lot more. - Wendy Cope
I've said what I'm prepared to say in my poems, and then journalists think that you're going to tell them a whole lot more.
Bloody Christmas, here again, let us raise a loving cup, peace on earth, goodwill to men, and make them do the washing up. - Wendy Cope
Bloody Christmas, here again, let us raise a loving cup, peace on earth, goodwill to men, and make them do the washing up.
The interesting thing is that you don't often meet a poet who doesn't have a sense of humour, and some of them do keep it out of their poems because … - Wendy Cope
The interesting thing is that you don't often meet a poet who doesn't have a sense of humour, and some of them do keep it out of their poems because …
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