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"I can't look at things in the simple, large way that great poets do."
"Francis Webb is easily our greatest poet and one of the greatest poets in the world but he's hardly ever mentioned."
"I don't know if younger poets read a lot of, you know, the poets - the established poets. There was a lot of pretty boring stuff to sort of put up with and to add to, to make something vital from."
"Poets that lasting marble seek Must come in Latin or in Greek."
"A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses."
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"I hope that readers will tear through my books because they can't stop themselves - and then, maybe, read them again and find new things there."
"The language has got to be fully alive - I can't bear dull, flaccid writing myself and I don't see why any reader should put up with it."
"I can remember being in my pram: children stayed in their prams much longer then than they do now. A big bouncy pram with black covers and a hood with metal clips that could trap your fingers. I was looking up at my sister who was sitting on the pram seat, with her back to me."
"Children will not pretend to be enjoying books, and they will not read books because they have been told that these books are good. They are looking for delight."
"As individuals, we are shaped by story from the time of birth; we are formed by what we are told by our parents, our teachers, our intimates."
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