“I've realised darkness and light are inter-dependent, just as death is...” — Tony Harrison Quote

“I've realised darkness and light are inter-dependent, just as death is an enhancer of life.”

“I think poems belong as much in the news pages as the literary pages. A lot of people throw aside the literary pages! Whereas everybody looks at the news section.”

“Coming from a very inarticulate family made me try to speak for those who can't express themselves and created a need for articulation at its most ceremonial - poetry.”

“I think my life in general, like that of any human being, has highs and lows, has moments of great light and moments of great darkness.”

“There are two different stories in horror: internal and external. In external horror films, the evil comes from the outside, the other tribe, this thing in the darkness that we don't understand. Internal is the human heart.”

“I remember when Heath Ledger talked about playing the Joker... I always used to look out of the side of my eye, going, 'Yeah, actors.' But there really is a darkness when you are playing someone psychotic - you have to go there mentally.”