“A woman would rather visit her own grave than the place where she has ...” — Thomas Hardy Quote

A woman would rather visit her own grave than the place where she has been young and beautiful after she is aged and ugly.

It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs.

You ride well, but you don't kiss nicely at all.

The yard was a little centre of regeneration. Here, with keen edges and smooth curves, were forms in the exact likeness of those he had seen abraded and time-eaten on the walls. These were the ideas in modern prose which the lichened colleges presented in old poetry. Even some of those antiques might have been called prose when they were new. They had done nothing but wait, and had become poetical. How easy to the smallest building; how impossible to most men.

I'm not a prophet or a stone aged man, just a mortal with potential of a superman. I'm living on.

Also, to be honest, my dad wanted me to be an athlete. And I think all sons want to prove something to their dad. So now, aged 35, I want to see what I can achieve physically.

I moved to New York aged 16, and worked part-time in a Korean store in South Bronx selling groceries, bread and confectionery. I earned $10 and it was painful because I didn't want to be there. I also worked in Debenhams as a kid, and a Wimpy in Brighton when I was 20.

I think that you certainly don't have to be aged and travel the world to write a poem.