Best Carol Ann Duffy Quotes
- I see the shape of the poem before I start writing, and the writing is just the process of arriving at the shape. Arriving
- I think all poets must feel this: that there is constantly something new to be discovered in the language. It's like a thrilling encounter, and… All
- The poem is a form of texting... it's the original text. It's a perfecting of a feeling in language - it's a way of saying… Feeling
- I have piles of poetry books in the bathroom, on the stairs, everywhere. The only way to write poetry is to read it. Bathroom
- Like the sand and the oyster, it's a creative irritant. In each poem, I'm trying to reveal a truth, so it can't have a fictional… Beginning
- Christmas is taken very seriously in this household. I believe in Father Christmas, and there's no way I'd do anything to undermine that belief. Belief
- I think poetry can help children deal with the other subjects on the curriculum by enabling them to see a subject in a new way. Children
- The stars are filming us for no one. Filming
- She stood upon a continent of ice, which sparkled between sea and sky, endless and dazzling, as though the world kept all its treasure there;… All
- You have me like a drawing, erased, coloured in, untitled, signed by your tongue. Coloured
- What will you do now with the gift of your left life? Funny
- I like to use simple words, but in a complicated way. Complicated
- Better off dead than giving in; not taking what you want. Better
- Edinburgh is my favourite city. We'll be doing a lot of children's theatre and galleries. Children
- I write in that space between Ella's childhood and mine. I know it all sounds a bit sinister. All
- THE crown translates a woman to a Queen - endless gold, circling itself, an O like a well, fathomless, for the years to drown in… Alone