I like buying clothes, especially as I get a tax-deductible allowance.

When a poem doesn't work, the first question to ask yourself is, 'Am I telling the truth?'

In my case, the long gaps between my books have got quite a lot to do with lack of confidence. A lot of the time when I'm not writing I start thinking I can't do it.

I like buying clothes, especially as I get a tax-deductible allowance.

I've said what I'm prepared to say in my poems, and then journalists think that you're going to tell them a whole lot more.

My heart has made its mind up And I’m afraid it’s you. Whatever you’ve got lined up, My heart has made its mind up And if you can’t be signed up This year, next year will do. My heart has made its mind up And I’m afraid it’s you.

I have a theory that if you've got the kind of parents who want to send you to boarding school, you're probably better off at boarding school.