Andrew Motion Quotes

I wanted to reimagine the role, in a way that was respectful of its traditional responsibilities but made them part of a wider pattern of poetry about national incidents, events, preoccupations; and to spend a great deal of time going to schools trying to demystify poetry.

Andrew Motion

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: October 26, 1952

Topics

GreatTimePoetryTryingWayEvents

I do believe everyone on this earth is an artist - some people more than others. But I do believe we are all artists in a certain way. We all have unique abilities. There are people who are meant to make it their life, and that is a different kind of person who would choose to be on that path.

Melora Hardin

LifePathPeopleBelieveChoose

Not everyone needs to be slammed into a category and locked there.

Roger Ebert

EveryoneLockedNeedsCategory

I'm not attracted to dangerous men. I'm attracted, apparently, to height. One ex was 6'6; the one before was 6'4, then 6'3. I like freakishly tall people.

Rose McGowan

MenPeopleDangerousTallHeight

We live in a time where there's a required instant gratification from audiences. That's a fun challenge in terms of putting together this teaser, picking and choosing how much you're actually giving away.

Josh Trank

LiveTimeChallengeTogetherFun

So, as one sees, I by no means deprive my world of stubborn reality, if I merely call it a world of ideas.

Josiah Royce

IdeasWorldRealityStubbornCall

What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.

Doris Lessing

WorkLoveBetterYouKnowNeed

I used to hate playing Seattle shows.

Chris Cornell

HateSeattlePlayingUsedShows

I wasn't instructed to do any special training for 'Hawkgirl,' but I had started boxing a few weeks prior and stuck with that for several months leading up to the start of production.

Ciara Renee

TrainingStartBoxingSpecialUp

What for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but the irresistible power of unarmed truth.

Boris Pasternak

TruthPowerManBeastAboveRaised

Until the courts put a stop to it, public debate over same-sex marriage displayed American democracy at its best. Individuals on both sides of the issue passionately, but respectfully, attempted to persuade their fellow citizens to accept their views.

Antonin Scalia

MarriageBestDemocracyAmerican

If I'm lucky, in my wildest dreams I can make a picture every three years.

Sydney Pollack

DreamsPictureI CanThreeLucky

To tell you the truth, I don't edit much at all. Most times, when I have finished the first draft, that's the book. Of course, I work on the page I am on until I am happy with it. I might even say that I try to state the landscape.

Per Petterson

WorkTruthI AmHappyBookYou

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