Andrew Motion Quotes
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These places, and the ancient things you know, You won't know soon. I'm working on it now.'
— Andrew Motion
It's all in how you arrange the thing ... the careful balance of the design is the motion.
— Andrew Wyeth
I didn't have to think about the word love with Collin because I just felt it. This was love. And. I. Loved. Him.
— Nicole Gulla
You just have to have the right gear and a few people to put you in motion with a good aesthetic and the film will take care of itself.
— Andrew Wight
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
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
I'm ensuring my place in heaven.
— Andrew Motion
I write between 5.30am and 9.00. That way, I hope I carry over something from my dream time.
— Andrew Motion
O reputation! dearer far than life.
— James Russell Lowell
Honor the miraculousness of the ordinary.
— Andrew Motion
I get up at 5.30am, sluice myself and have two Weetabix and some mint tea, before starting to write by 6am.
— Andrew Motion
You see the names of places roundabout? They're mine now, and I've turned them inside out.
— Andrew Motion
Anyone who is more interested in human beings than in the rules is a threat to the system.
— John Taylor Gatto
Like a lot of people, for a long time I thought that the road to hell is paved with bad sequels.
— Andrew Motion
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
But Wordsworth is the poet I admire above all others.
— Andrew Motion
In love, boundaries are blurred
— Elif Shafak
The best public poems aren't necessarily those that go at the subject like a bull at a gate.
— Andrew Motion
I am writing more than I have ever done. My life has come back to me in the most extraordinary way.
— Andrew Motion
Secrets are revealed as you are ready to understand them.
— Gregory Maguire
Every guitar I own gets used and has its purpose.
— Mark Knopfler
I wondered why it is that some people are less affected and torn by the verities of life and death than others.
— John Steinbeck
I think it is interesting to think about the absolute animal relish young people have for rhythm and rhyme.
— Andrew Motion
