Let's kill somebody to Sinatra! Or to early Elvis!.

There seemed nothing to do but live..

I am one of those for whom superfluity is a necessity..

Faith must be worked at..

It's such a wonderful feeling to watch a child discover that reading is a marvelous adventure rather than a chore. I know that many writers for child….

The best way to prepare for a night out with a Shakespearean tragedy is to do a bit of reading up in the afternoon, eat a light supper - perhaps Wels….

A book is a part of life, a manifestation of life, just as much as a tree or a horse or a star. It obeys its own rhythms, its own laws, whether it be….

I've always been interested in the fragility of things, and with special urgency now because of climate change, but also because of the accidents of ….

You're really playing against yourself. You have to learn what you can control and what you can't, and not let what you can't control affect your con….

You only have to read the lines of scribbly black and everything shines..

When you finally learn how to do it, you're too old for the good parts..

The public is always right..

The only thing that limits you right now is you..

The more it changes, the more it's the same thing..

As for the differences between audio and the printed page, the sonic aspects of poetry are important to me. I read my poems aloud to myself as I'm co….

Often we will learn more from our failures than we do from our successes..

Every thought was once a poem..

I have lots of passions - gardens, art, music and reading. I have eclectic taste and read a huge variety of books..

I always knew I would adopt. Always..

In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate..

I'm not a queen of anything, you know..