But I can’t and don’t ever want to write bell-yanking confetti-tossing hat-throwing poems. — Andrew Motion
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 — Andrew Motion
I am a vigilant monarchist. I want to see things evolve. The direction the monarchy seems to be moving in — 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
I deeply adored my mum. She was an extraordinary person, even for the prejudice I’m likely to have. — Andrew Motion
But I can’t and don’t ever want to write bell-yanking confetti-tossing hat-throwing poems. — Andrew Motion
Each sudden gust of light explains itself as flames, but neither they, nor even bombs redoubled on — Andrew Motion
I don’t want my poems to be sentimental, though I do acknowledge that sentiment is probably rather — 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
I read ‘ treasure island’ for the first time at university. And I started to notice then how unresolved some things were. — 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
I think it is interesting to think about the absolute animal relish young people have for rhythm and rhyme. — Andrew Motion
I write between 5.30am and 9.00. That way, I hope I carry over something from my dream time. — Andrew Motion
I’m an early bird, partly because I like to have some quiet time and partly because by 9am emails begin arriving — Andrew Motion
I’m not much given to making shamanistic remarks about all this, but I’m a great believer in the dream life. — Andrew Motion
I’m not precisely saying that a really good board meeting at the mla (museums, libraries and archives coucil) — Andrew Motion
I’ve always thought that the balance between the side of my mind that knows what it is doing — Andrew Motion
If I were to die thinking that I’d written three poems that people might read after me, I would feel that I hadn’t lived in vain. — Andrew Motion
If I were to die thinking that I’d written three poems that people might read after me — Andrew Motion
If people connect me with the romantics in general, they probably connect me most with keats. — Andrew Motion
In a fragile environment, we need to be aware of ourselves as members of a uniquely powerful species — Andrew Motion
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
Like a lot of people, for a long time I thought that the road to hell is paved with bad sequels. — Andrew Motion
More people are reading poetry now than at any time in the history of the human race. — Andrew Motion