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

I'll be left writing picture books and fairy tales

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

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

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

The stars are filming us for no one.

I write quite a lot of sonnets, and I think of them almost as prayers: short and memorable, something you can recite.