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Wendy Cope quotes: I've never been more famous than I was, suddenly, in 1986.

I've never been more famous than I was, suddenly, in 1986.

Wendy Cope quotes: When a poem doesn't work, the first question to ask yourself is, 'Am I telling the truth?'

When a poem doesn't work, the first question to ask yourself is, 'Am I telling the truth?'

Wendy Cope quotes: I've said what I'm prepared to say in my poems, and then journalists think that you're going to tell them a whole lot more.

I've said what I'm prepared to say in my poems, and then journalists think that you're going to tell them a whole lot more.

Wendy Cope quotes: I like a quiet life.

I like a quiet life.

Wendy Cope quotes: Write to amuse? What an appalling suggestion! I write to make people anxious and miserable and to worsen their indigestion.

Write to amuse? What an appalling suggestion!
I write to make people anxious and miserable and to
worsen their indigestion.

Wendy Cope quotes: I think it's a question which particularly arises over women writers: whether it's better to have a happy life or a good supply of tragic plots.

I think it's a question which particularly arises over women writers: whether it's better to have a happy life or a good supply of tragic plots.

Wendy Cope quotes: The reason modern poetry is difficult is so that the poet's wife cannot understand it.

The reason modern poetry is difficult is so that the poet's wife cannot understand it.

Wendy Cope quotes: Never trust a journalist.

Never trust a journalist.

Wendy Cope quotes: I used to think all poets were Byronic Mad, bad and dangerous to know. And then I met a few. See Lamb 486:25.

I used to think all poets were Byronic Mad, bad and dangerous to know. And then I met a few. See Lamb 486:25.

Wendy Cope quotes: Some socks are loners They can't live in pairs.

Some socks are loners They can't live in pairs.

Wendy Cope quotes: Possibly I've become less funny as I've been happier.

Possibly I've become less funny as I've been happier.

Wendy Cope quotes: I like buying clothes, especially as I get a tax-deductible allowance.

I like buying clothes, especially as I get a tax-deductible allowance.

Wendy Cope quotes: I have a theory that if you've got the kind of parents who want to send you to boarding school, you're probably better off at boarding school.

I have a theory that if you've got the kind of parents who want to send you to boarding school, you're probably better off at boarding school.