Merchant Quotes by Tim Key

Any columnist will tell you that sometimes the well runs dry.

— Tim Key

Ever since I was able to consume entertainment, radio has been one of the main things I've devoured.

— Tim Key

If I'm writing a radio thing that's narrative, it's quite nice to stop for an hour and write a load of garbage that I…

— Tim Key

The bath, for me, was always a place to relax, to retreat from the hell of modern-day life. A sanctuary.

— Tim Key

Doing a new show is just so much pressure. I saw a magazine with my face on the cover and the question 'Is this…

— Tim Key

Weirdly, it's much easier to write a poem than a film.

— Tim Key

Imminent resignation isn't a fun thing to have on your plate.

— Tim Key

It's vital to get something useful under your belt early doors.

— Tim Key

When I write poetry, I write in torrents. I have no interest in quality or finesse, only in quantity and waste. Scribble and discard,…

— Tim Key

Tim Vine's off the scale. Exhaustingly funny.

— Tim Key

My ideal Friday night is spent playing scrabble in my local in Kentish Town with a goon called Lenny. After I've won a couple…

— Tim Key

I try to write jokes but when I've written about four I run out. Writing my show is a very lonely place.

— Tim Key

I used to be really good at squash until I did my shoulder in.

— Tim Key

I delivered dartboards to pubs. That wasn't when I knew I wanted to be a poet, but it was when I knew I did…

— Tim Key

I don't have an inflated opinion of how much artistic merit the poems I do have.

— Tim Key