“I need to look back on my poetic ventures, make sense of them as a who...” — Tony Harrison Quote

“I need to look back on my poetic ventures, make sense of them as a whole, and move forward... and to experiment without external demands.”

“I spent a lot of time on recce. It is a kind of creative chaos, but I like the sense of creative serendipity.”

“'Night Mail' belongs quintessentially to the age of steam. It is impossible to simply go with the idea of remaking it.”

“Demands for solidarity can quickly turn into demands for groupthink, making it difficult to express nuance.”

“Do the story in the way it really demands to be done, which may mean using several different styles or only one style; but it's still about respecting the story.”

“For many families, gift-giving is a major source of stress - the relentless commercialism, the whining demands, the financial pressure.”