I don't think I am any good. If I thought I was any good, I wouldn't be.

Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows.

Too many people in the modern world view poetry as a luxury, not a necessity like petrol. But to me it's the oil of life.

It's strange that those we miss the most Are those we take for granted.

Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of laughter, As I lose hold.

History must not be written with bias, and both sides must be given, even if there is only one side.

People's backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors.

I ought to warn you that my verse is of no interest to people who can think.

And I think it was the outline of that church tower at Belaugh against the sky which gave me a passion for churches so that every church I've past since I've wanted to stop and look in.

And now, dear Lord, I cannot wait Because I have a luncheon date.

Topography is one of my chief themes in my poetry, about the country, the suburbs and the seaside. Then there comes love... and increasingly; the fear of death.

I'm happy when I have, like, one fan, but the fact that I'm getting fans from different places and different communities, it's really amazing.

Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.

It is a grand thing to rise in the world. The ambition to do so is the very salt of the earth. It is the parent of all enterprise, and the cause of all improvement.

That her relationship with him was like being content in a house but always sitting by the window and looking out

To write is a humiliation.

I believe it's easy to serve God if we learn to hear from Him before we struggle to do things for Him that He never asked us to do.

There are levels of outrage, and there's a point at which you can't be trespassed upon anymore.

When I composed the first sonic meditation, I realized that I was composing the direction of attention.

Fields and trees are not willing to teach me anything; but this can be effected by men residing in the city.

I enjoy the company of other people. That's where I get most of my satisfaction from