Andrew Motion Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“But in a lot of ways my poems are very conventional, and it's no big deal for me to write a poem in either free verse or strict form; modern poets can, and do, do both.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Pretty much the day I stopped being laureate, the poems that had been few and far between came back to me, like birds in the evening nesting in a tree.”

“But Wordsworth is the poet I admire above all others.”

“I think it is interesting to think about the absolute animal relish young people have for rhythm and rhyme.”

“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.”

“I write between 5.30am and 9.00. That way, I hope I carry over something from my dream time.”

“I'm ensuring my place in heaven.”

“In a general way, I want to be a kind of flag-waver, bunting hanger-up, drum-beater, you name it, for poetry.”