“...the trouble with poetry is that it encourages the writing of more poetry...”

“He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realize”

“Real poetry, is to lead a beautiful life. To live poetry is better than to write it.”

“I don't have a poetry section in the bookshop.(Don't have but should have, I have begun to think. The poetry, like everything else, is scattered thematically in a generally successful attempt to encourage punters to walk the circle, reading shelves which, if more conventionally arranged, they might feel happy to skip. But poetry - unlike fiction, biography, drama, history - continues to be generically in demand. It's not a question, as I used to assume, of no one reading poetry; more a matter of people who read poetry liking little else. They need a Section.)”

“Writing poetry is supernatural. Or, it should be.”

“No more sleepovers, no more writing poetry, no more wasting time. Time to tidy up your life. Time to start again.”