Top 32 Quotes by Carol Ann Duffy

About Carol Ann Duffy

These are some quotes by British author Carol Ann Duffy Poet, who was born on December 23, 1955.

I see the shape of the poem before I start writing, and the writing is just the process of arriving at the shape.

I see the shape of the poem before I start writing, and the writing is just the process of arriving at the shape.

Carol Ann Duffy

If we think of what's up ahead, with climate change and wars over water, it's very frightening.

If we think of what's up ahead, with climate change and wars over water, it's very frightening.

Carol Ann Duffy

I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so if I hadn't had the chance to experience it at school I'd never have experienced it. But I loved English, and I was very lucky in that I had inspirational English teachers, Miss Scriven and Mr. Walker, and they liked us to learn poems by heart, which I found I loved doing.

Carol Ann Duffy

I have piles of poetry books in the bathroom, on the stairs, everywhere. The only way to write poetry is to read it.

I have piles of poetry books in the bathroom, on the stairs, everywhere. The only way to write poetry is to read it.

Carol Ann Duffy

I still have a feeling that I haven't written the best that I can write. I think all poets must feel this: that there is constantly something new to be discovered in the language. It's like a thrilling encounter, and you can find things.

Carol Ann Duffy

I think the dangers are different now. Our abuse of the planet and our resources is an anxiety.

I think the dangers are different now. Our abuse of the planet and our resources is an anxiety.

Carol Ann Duffy

Between 9am and 3pm is when I work most intensely.

Between 9am and 3pm is when I work most intensely.

Carol Ann Duffy

The poem is a form of texting... it's the original text. It's a perfecting of a feeling in language - it's a way of saying more with less, just as texting is.

The poem is a form of texting... it's the original text. It's a perfecting of a feeling in language - it's a way of saying more with less, just as texting is.

Carol Ann Duffy

I think poetry can help children deal with the other subjects on the curriculum by enabling them to see a subject in a new way.

I think poetry can help children deal with the other subjects on the curriculum by enabling them to see a subject in a new way.

Carol Ann Duffy

Having a child takes you back to all those parts of your own childhood that you had hidden away.

Having a child takes you back to all those parts of your own childhood that you had hidden away.

Carol Ann Duffy

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