I like to use simple words, but in a complicated way.

I like to think that I'm a sort of poet for our times.

Better off dead than giving in; not taking what you want.

It's always good when women win things in fiction because it tends to be more male-dominated, unlike poetry, which is more equal

Time hates love, wants love poor,/but love spins gold, gold, gold from straw.

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.

You have me like a drawing, erased, coloured in, untitled, signed by your tongue.