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I always want the last line to be really good, which may sound silly, but I want it to be a last pleasing line.

Robert Frost had always said you mustn't think of the last line first, or it's only a fake poem, not a real one. I'm inclined to agree.

I always say that I'll have a go and see whether the poem works and if it does, then fine.

Poetry is the hardest thing that there is. It fascinates me, so I want to write more of it.

Poems seem to have a life of their own. They tell you when enough is enough.

I think poetry should be read very much like prose, except that the line breaks should be acknowledged somehow.

I've been writing a lot of poetry recently. It helps me think and work things out.

Written poetry is worth reading once, and then should be destroyed. Let the dead poets make way for others.

A really good poem is full of music.