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Carol Ann Duffy

"I'll be left writing picture books and fairy tales."

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Donna Grant

"Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost."

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Donna Grant

"Thanks to bad graphic design, some readers love only the electronic version of some books."

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Donna Grant

"Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all."

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Donna Grant

"It was also a room full of books and made of books. There was no actual furniture; this is to say, the desk and chairs were shaped out of books. It looked as though many of them were frequently referred to, because they lay open with other books used as bookmarks."

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Donna Grant

"A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books."

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Donna Grant

"Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out."

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Donna Grant

"To paint comic books as childish and illiterate is lazy. A lot of comic books are very literate - unlike most films."

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Donna Grant

"As for collaboration - I have done a lot, 26 books, and found publishers increasingly resistive to them. It's not that the books are bad; editors won't even read them."

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Donna Grant

"You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here."

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Donna Grant

"I couldn't live a week without a private library - indeed, I'd part with all my furniture and squat and sleep on the floor before I'd let go of the 1500 or so books I possess."

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Carol Ann Duffy
"Every day is a gift with a child, no matter what problems you have."

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Carol Ann Duffy
"It's always good when women win things in fiction because it tends to be more male-dominated, unlike poetry, which is more equal."

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Carol Ann Duffy
"Poets deal in writing about feelings and trying to find the language and images for intense feelings."

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Carol Ann Duffy
"Between 9am and 3pm is when I work most intensely."

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Carol Ann Duffy
"I think the dangers are different now. Our abuse of the planet and our resources is an anxiety."

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Carol Ann Duffy
"Poetry and prayer are very similar."

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Carol Ann Duffy
"When you have a child, your previous life seems like someone else's. It's like living in a house and suddenly finding a room you didn't know was there, full of treasure and light."

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Carol Ann Duffy
"Christmas is taken very seriously in this household. I believe in Father Christmas, and there's no way I'd do anything to undermine that belief."

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Carol Ann Duffy
"Edinburgh is my favourite city. We'll be doing a lot of children's theatre and galleries."

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Carol Ann Duffy
"I'll be left writing picture books and fairy tales."

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