Anne Stevenson

"Yes, I do often write poems from the mind, but I hope I don't ignore feelings and emotions."

"I did know Ted Hughes and I partly wrote the book to explain to myself and others the complexities of a marriage that was for six years wonderfully productive of poetry and then ended in tragedy."

"A poem might be defined as thinking about feelings - about human feelings and frailties."

"Each word bears its weight, so you have to read my poems quite slowly."

"I did know Ted Hughes and I partly wrote the book to explain to myself and others the complexities of a marriage that was for six years wonderfully productive of poetry and then ended in tragedy."

"I don't like poetry that just slaps violent words on a canvas, as it were."