I suppose you inevitably fall into habits of expression. Seamus Heaney expressionfallhabit Change image and share on social
I spend almost every morning with mail. Seamus Heaney mailmorningspend Change image and share on social
I don't think my intelligence is naturally analytic or political. Seamus Heaney analyticintelligencenaturally Change image and share on social
Even if the last move did not succeed, the inner command says move again. Seamus Heaney commandmovesucceed Change image and share on social
My language and my sensibility are yearning to admit a kind of religious or transcendent dimension. But then there's the reality: there's no Heaven, no afterlife of the sort we were promised, and no personal God. Seamus Heaney admitafterlifedimension share on social
Memory has always been fundamental for me. In fact, remembering what I had forgotten is the way most of the poems get started. Seamus Heaney factforgetfundamental Change image and share on social
My father was a creature of the archaic world, really. He would have been entirely at home in a Gaelic hill-fort. His side of the family, and the houses I associate with his side of the family, belonged to a traditional rural Ireland. Seamus Heaney archaicassociatebelong share on social
I don't do as many readings as I used to. There was a time when I was on the road a lot more, at home in Ireland, in Britain, in Canada and the States, a time when I had more stamina and appetite for it. Seamus Heaney appetitebritaincanada share on social
I think of Dermot Healy as the heir to Patrick Kavanagh. Seamus Heaney dermothealyheir Change image and share on social
My experience is that prose usually equals duty - last minute, overdue-deadline stuff or a panic lecture to be written. Seamus Heaney deadlinedutyequal Change image and share on social