A lot of poems are boring and impenetrable. Mine are not. They're really simple. — Tim Key Copy Share Image
I've sung in Russian, I've done an anecdote in Russian and a poem in Russian. My mother can no longer say I'm… — Tim Key Copy Share Image
It's possible to like other poetry and still like mine. It's also possible to be not that into poetry and still quite… — Tim Key Copy Share Image
I don't have an inflated opinion of how much artistic merit the poems I do have. — Tim Key Copy Share Image
I do love AA Milne. And I'm not really into poetry. Not including my own - I love my own. But mine's… — Tim Key Copy Share Image
I'd like to write a play, and I'd like to write a sitcom, but these things take a lot of application. It… — Tim Key Copy Share Image
When I write poetry, I write in torrents. I have no interest in quality or finesse, only in quantity and waste. Scribble… — Tim Key Copy Share Image
I delivered dartboards to pubs. That wasn't when I knew I wanted to be a poet, but it was when I knew… — Tim Key Copy Share Image
I really enjoy doing my poems. So that's it; I'm condemned in some way to be a poet. — Tim Key Copy Share Image
The thing about the poetry is that, because of the way it started, it was always something on the side. There's nobody… — Tim Key Copy Share Image
I sometimes photograph my poems and get obsessive about this and spend a lot of time squatting over them but it's a… — Tim Key Copy Share Image
I don't want to be studied! If I write a poem and smile, that's enough. It gives me the confidence to think… — Tim Key Copy Share Image
I didn't study other poets and react against them. I kind of found them later and realised I was different. Quite throwaway,… — Tim Key Copy Share Image
Poets love me. They embrace me. Actually, I don't really know many poets. But I used to go to a lot of… — Tim Key Copy Share Image
I was doing a poetry thing in Tottenham and I remember walking down this road looking for the address, the pub where… — Tim Key Copy Share Image
Ever since I was able to consume entertainment, radio has been one of the main things I've devoured. — Tim Key Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The bath, for me, was always a place to relax, to retreat from the hell of modern-day life. A sanctuary. — Tim Key Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
