I always wanted a child. Being a mother is the central thing in my life. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes central child life
Between 9am and 3pm is when I work most intensely. Carol Ann Duffy 3pm9amintensely Change image and share on social
Auden said poetry makes nothing happen. But I wonder if the opposite could be true. It could make something happen. Carol Ann Duffy audenhappenmake Change image and share on social
I write in that space between Ella's childhood and mine. I know it all sounds a bit sinister. Carol Ann Duffy bitechildhoodella Change image and share on social
As a young child my attention span was, as I remember it, rather short. Michael Morpurgo attentionchildremember Change image and share on social
The way that Dickens structured his books has a form that we most readily recognize now from, say, the great T.V. series, like 'The Wire' or 'The Sopranos.' There's one central plot line, but then from that spin off all kinds of subplots. Jennifer Egan bookcentraldicken share on social
If you're not having a good time, find something else that gives you some joy in life. Penny Marshall findgoodjoy Change image and share on social