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Andrew Motion Quotes

Each sudden gust of light explains itself as flames, but neither they, nor even bombs redoubled on the hills tonight can quite include me in their fear Picture Quote #1

I am writing more than I have ever done. My life has come back to me in the most extraordinary way Picture Quote #1

I like eating out. I like buying beautiful paintings and being surrounded by beautiful things. I have to finance that life. I can barely afford a pension scheme because I don’t make enough money Picture Quote #1

I shall try to write a poem that is about the moment but doesn’t betray things that are true to me as a poet Picture Quote #1

Poems are a hotline to our hearts, and we forget this emotional power at our peril Picture Quote #1

Like a lot of people, for a long time I thought that the road to hell is paved with bad sequels Picture Quote #1

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I want to write poems which are very emotional, but I would have some hesitation in saying I want to write poems which are sentimental Picture Quote #1

I wanted to reimagine the role, in a way that was respectful of its traditional responsibilities but made them part of a wider pattern of poetry about national incidents, events, preoccupations; and to spend a great deal of time going to schools trying to demystify poetry Picture Quote #1

I wish I’d been better able to resist the sense of obligation to write some of the poems I did. It’s in the nature of commissioned work to be written too much from the side of your mind that knows what it’s doing, which dries up the poetry Picture Quote #1

I’m also a great believer in the dream life; that while we’re asleep, a deep subconscious connection is made about our profoundest fears, hopes, loves, losses, dreads and desires Picture Quote #1

I’m an early bird, partly because I like to have some quiet time and partly because by 9am emails begin arriving, the phone starts ringing and I have dragons to kill of one sort or another Picture Quote #1

I’m not much given to making shamanistic remarks about all this, but I’m a great believer in the dream life. If I can carry without spilling whatever it is that drips into my head in the night to my desk, then that’s valuable Picture Quote #1

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I’ve always thought that the balance between the side of my mind that knows what it is doing and the side that really hasn’t got a clue has to be carefully maintained because if you write too knowingly then you get chilly, and if you write too unknowingly you write bollocks that nobody else can understand Picture Quote #1

In a fragile environment, we need to be aware of ourselves as members of a uniquely powerful species living among other species who are quite as interesting as we are but vulnerable to us because we are cleverer in more destructive ways Picture Quote #1

Thanks partly to the kind of poets that we now have and partly to funding, there's been a gigantic shift in the way poetry is perceived. Poems on the underground, poets in schools, football clubs, zoos Picture Quote #1

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Each sudden gust of light explains itself as flames, but neither they, nor even bombs redoubled on the hills tonight can quite include me in their fear (Andrew Motion Quotes) I am writing more than I have ever done. My life has come back to me in the most extraordinary way (Andrew Motion Quotes) I like eating out. I like buying beautiful paintings and being surrounded by beautiful things. I have to finance that life. I can barely afford a pension scheme because I don’t make enough money (Andrew Motion Quotes) I shall try to write a poem that is about the moment but doesn’t betray things that are true to me as a poet (Andrew Motion Quotes) Poems are a hotline to our hearts, and we forget this emotional power at our peril (Andrew Motion Quotes) Like a lot of people, for a long time I thought that the road to hell is paved with bad sequels (Andrew Motion Quotes) I want to write poems which are very emotional, but I would have some hesitation in saying I want to write poems which are sentimental (Andrew Motion Quotes) I wanted to reimagine the role, in a way that was respectful of its traditional responsibilities but made them part of a wider pattern of poetry about national incidents, events, preoccupations; and to spend a great deal of time going to schools trying to demystify poetry (Andrew Motion Quotes) I wish I’d been better able to resist the sense of obligation to write some of the poems I did. It’s in the nature of commissioned work to be written too much from the side of your mind that knows what it’s doing, which dries up the poetry (Andrew Motion Quotes) I’m also a great believer in the dream life; that while we’re asleep, a deep subconscious connection is made about our profoundest fears, hopes, loves, losses, dreads and desires (Andrew Motion Quotes) I’m an early bird, partly because I like to have some quiet time and partly because by 9am emails begin arriving, the phone starts ringing and I have dragons to kill of one sort or another (Andrew Motion Quotes) I’m not much given to making shamanistic remarks about all this, but I’m a great believer in the dream life. If I can carry without spilling whatever it is that drips into my head in the night to my desk, then that’s valuable (Andrew Motion Quotes) I’ve always thought that the balance between the side of my mind that knows what it is doing and the side that really hasn’t got a clue has to be carefully maintained because if you write too knowingly then you get chilly, and if you write too unknowingly you write bollocks that nobody else can understand (Andrew Motion Quotes) In a fragile environment, we need to be aware of ourselves as members of a uniquely powerful species living among other species who are quite as interesting as we are but vulnerable to us because we are cleverer in more destructive ways (Andrew Motion Quotes) Thanks partly to the kind of poets that we now have and partly to funding, there's been a gigantic shift in the way poetry is perceived. Poems on the underground, poets in schools, football clubs, zoos (Andrew Motion Quotes)

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