Robert Frost

A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.

The ear is the only true writer and the only true reader.

A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.

Deep down, there is in the substance of the cosmos a primordial disposition, sui generis, for self-arrangement and self-involution.

As a writer, I try to do different things, but I'm not going to become a darker artist or turn into Radiohead overnight. I don't think that's my style.

Channel 4 are a great bunch of people to work with and the crew are lovely. Working at ITV was like being in the court of Caligula.