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Andrew Motion quotes: These places, and the ancient things you know, You won't know soon. I'm working on it now.'

These places, and the ancient things you know, You won't know soon. I'm working on it now.'

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

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

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.

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'm ensuring my place in heaven.

I'm ensuring my place in heaven.

Andrew Motion quotes: I write between 5.30am and 9.00. That way, I hope I carry over something from my dream time.

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

Andrew Motion quotes: Honor the miraculousness of the ordinary.

Honor the miraculousness of the ordinary.

Andrew Motion quotes: There are plenty of examples of people who have had busy lives out there in the world, trying to do good, and written very well at the same time.

There are plenty of examples of people who have had busy lives out there in the world, trying to do good, and written very well at the same time.

Andrew Motion quotes: I get up at 5.30am, sluice myself and have two Weetabix and some mint tea, before starting to write by 6am.

I get up at 5.30am, sluice myself and have two Weetabix and some mint tea, before starting to write by 6am.

Andrew Motion quotes: You see the names of places roundabout? They're mine now, and I've turned them inside out.

You see the names of places roundabout? They're mine now, and I've turned them inside out.

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.

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

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

Andrew Motion quotes: But I can't and don't ever want to write bell-yanking confetti-tossing hat-throwing poems.

But I can't and don't ever want to write bell-yanking confetti-tossing hat-throwing poems.

Your pain brand new no matter how long it lasts which now means years ...

Andrew Motion quotes: I think it is interesting to think about the absolute animal relish young people have for rhythm and rhyme.

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

Andrew Motion quotes: I am writing more than I have ever done. My life has come back to me in the most extraordinary way.

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

Andrew Motion quotes: The best public poems aren't necessarily those that go at the subject like a bull at a gate.

The best public poems aren't necessarily those that go at the subject like a bull at a gate.

Andrew Motion quotes: I've found a different way to scent the air: already it's a by-word for despair.

I've found a different way to scent the air: already it's a by-word for despair.

Andrew Motion quotes: But Wordsworth is the poet I admire above all others.

But Wordsworth is the poet I admire above all others.

Andrew Motion quotes: Like a lot of people, for a long time I thought that the road to hell is paved with bad sequels.

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