We still need a voice that thinks before it speaks.

I have to make myself write, sometimes. In the space between poems, you somehow forget how to do it, where to begin. It was good to be task - based for a while. I just came downstairs each day, picked the one I was going to do that day, and wrote.

The Huddersfield that I like best is a large town with a big heart and an open mind.

And wonder, dread and war have lingered in that land where loss and love in turn have held the upper hand.

People who read poetry, for example, like the feel, the heft and the smell of a book.

You’re beautiful because when you were born, undiscovered planets lined up to peep over the rim of your cradle and lay gifts of gravity and light at your miniature feet

Somebody will be able to crack ebook files in the same way that people cracked music files a decade ago. An author could have worked for three years on his book, have someone buy it for their Kindle for £6.99 and then see it shared with everyone in the world for free.