Tony Harrison Quotes

I have always disliked the idea of an arts ghetto in which poetry is kept on a life-support system.

Not becoming 'something' scares me the most. I just want to be remembered for something great.

The ones we choose to love become our anchorwhen the hawser of the blood-tie's hacked, or frays.

Articulation is the tongue-tied's fighting.

I always like to be somebody scary. When I was little, my mom used to make our costumes. She's really creative and would make us great costumes without having to spend a lot.

Weeping for the dead's a waste of breath -they're lucky, they can't die again.

Our heads will happen cold when this is found.