I have an over-attachment to precision, which is why I've sold more magazines than any man alive.

I couldn't care less what anyone's 'perception' of me is. I'm too long in the tooth to care.

When you come across real talent, it is sometimes worth allowing them to create the structure in which they choose to labor. In nine cases out of ten, by inviting them to take responsibility and control for a new venture, you will motivate them to do great things.

I have been portrayed by actors in three television documentaries, two plays, one musical and a film. It's no fun watching yourself being traduced and imitated by an actor.

Teamwork is the glue which binds losers together

I hear poets complaining: 'We face what our forebears did not face. We face TV. We face radio. We face this and that.'

I want to prove that if you write in strict meter and rhyme about subjects people care about, they will buy poetry.