Christmas is taken very seriously in this household. I believe in Father Christmas and there's no way I'd do anything to undermine that belief.

She stood upon a continent of ice, which sparkled between sea and sky, endless and dazzling, as though the world kept all its treasure there; a scale which balanced poetry and prayer.

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

Poetry and prayer are very similar.

You can find poetry in your everyday life, your memory, in what people say on the bus, in the news, or just what's in your heart.

The stars are filming us for no one.

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