“Poetry's the speech of kings. You're one of those Shakespeare gives the comic bits to: prose! All poetry (even Cockney Keats?) you… — Tony Harrison Communication Copy Share Image
I've realised darkness and light are inter-dependent, just as death is an enhancer of life. — Tony Harrison Darkness Copy Share Image
One of the important things about familiar form and metricality is that it draws attention to the physical nature of language: the… — Tony Harrison Attention Copy Share Image
The ones we choose to love become our anchorwhen the hawser of the blood-tie's hacked, or frays. — Tony Harrison Blood Copy Share Image
I was well read and knew languages, but I didn't want to become Ezra Pound. I wanted to write poetry that people… — Tony Harrison Like Copy Share Image
My favorite memories were never about candy or anything like that. When I got to be a teenager, my friends and I… — Tony Harrison All kinds Copy Share Image
I often find myself quoting from Victor Hugo after one of my theatrical ventures. 'Now that my play is a failure,' he… — Tony Harrison Failure Copy Share Image
I always like to be somebody scary. When I was little, my mom used to make our costumes. She's really creative and… — Tony Harrison Costumes Copy Share Image
You get early inoculation against the idea of success if you're a poet. When I published my first collection of sonnets, I… — Tony Harrison Fame Copy Share Image
