Andrew Motion Quotes

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• Poems are a hotline to our hearts, and we forget this emotional power at our peril
• But I can't and don't ever want to write bell-yanking confetti-tossing hat-throwing poems.
• But in a lot of ways my poems are very conventional, and it's no big deal for me to write a poem in either free…
• But Wordsworth is the poet I admire above all others.
• Each sudden gust of light explains itself as flames, but neither they, nor even bombs redoubled on the hills tonight can quite include me in…
• I am a vigilant monarchist. I want to see things evolve. The direction the monarchy seems to be moving in - towards a more mainland-European…
• I am writing more than I have ever done. My life has come back to me in the most extraordinary way.
• I deeply adored my mum. She was an extraordinary person, even for the prejudice I'm likely to have. She was beautiful, amusing, a tremendous elaborator…
• I don't want my poems to be sentimental, though I do acknowledge that sentiment is probably rather under-reported in a lot of people's feelings a…
• I get up at 5.30am, sluice myself and have two Weetabix and some mint tea, before starting to write by 6am.
• I like eating out. I like buying beautiful paintings and being surrounded by beautiful things. I have to finance that life. I can barely afford…
• I read ' Treasure Island' for the first time at university. And I started to notice then how unresolved some things were. Later, I realised…
• I shall try to write a poem that is about the moment but doesn't betray things that are true to me as a poet.
• Honor the miraculousness of the ordinary.
• I'm ensuring my place in heaven.
• Those who say we should dismantle the role of Poet Laureate altogether, the trick they miss is that being called this thing, with the weight…
• I want to write poems which are very emotional, but I would have some hesitation in saying I want to write poems which are sentimental.
• I think it is interesting to think about the absolute animal relish young people have for rhythm and rhyme.
• Like a lot of people, for a long time I thought that the road to hell is paved with bad sequels.
• I write between 5.30am and 9.00. That way, I hope I carry over something from my dream time.

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