Poems are a hotline to our hearts, and we forget this emotional power at our peril.

I don't want my poems to be sentimental, though I do acknowledge that sentiment is probably rather under-reported in a lot of people's feelings a lot of the time.

Each sudden gust of light explains itself as flames, but neither they, nor even bombs redoubled on the hills tonight can quite include me in their fear.

Poems are a hotline to our hearts, and we forget this emotional power at our peril

But Wordsworth is the poet I admire above all others.

I am a vigilant monarchist. I want to see things evolve. The direction the monarchy seems to be moving in - towards a more mainland-European model - is one I would feel sympathetic about.

Honor the miraculousness of the ordinary.

I write between 5.30am and 9.00. That way, I hope I carry over something from my dream time.

I like eating out. I like buying beautiful paintings and being surrounded by beautiful things. I have to finance that life. I can barely afford a pension scheme because I don't make enough money.

I'm ensuring my place in heaven.

Like a lot of people, for a long time I thought that the road to hell is paved with bad sequels.

Men were ridiculous, in all cultures and across time.

Old age and the passage of time teach all things.

The revolution is really easy to do nowadays.

The Beatles and the Stones are for blowing your mind. The Doors are for afterward, when your mind is already gone . . .

I am fairly average in my expenses as a person in a technical line/CEO of work.

One of the things with our show is posing a lot of questions, but getting a lot of answers too.

The soul paints itself in our machines.

P.S. You'll have to meet with Dan's principal when you get back. He got in trouble for doing ninja moves in class. Don't worry. This happens all the time.

Immigrants do more than help us win our wars, or set up cleaning shops or ethnic restaurants.

The angel fetched Peter out of prison, but it was prayer that fetched the angel.