Tony Harrison

Chanakya Neeti - Eleventh Chapter , English Proverb , Manning Barish , Arabic Proverb , Chanakya Neeti - Third Chapter

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Yes, I've got inwardness and tenderness, but I also get angry and vituperative, and you have to honour that as well.

Tony Harrison
got , also , get
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Why shouldn't poetry address what happened yesterday and be published in the newspaper?

Tony Harrison
poetry , address , happened
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I'm not the sort of person who reads much about himself.

Tony Harrison
sort , person , reads
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I have always loved radio as a medium.

Tony Harrison
always , loved , radio
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I am capable of bad taste - deliberately.

Tony Harrison
capable , bad , taste
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The ear will surrender even at those times when the eye wants to close, when the eye doesn't want to watch.

Tony Harrison
ear , will , surrender
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I hate everything about writing except doing it.

Tony Harrison
hate , everything , writing
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I hate the anglicanisation of culture, the idea that culture is genteel. It's not genteel.

Tony Harrison
hate , idea , culture
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Theatre has to be theatrical. It has to draw attention to itself, like poetry.

Tony Harrison
theatre , draw , attention
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I've realised darkness and light are inter-dependent, just as death is an enhancer of life.

Tony Harrison
realised , darkness , light
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I love being on the road with others, with a camera, but also being alone writing poetry.

Tony Harrison
love , being , road
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'Night Mail' belongs quintessentially to the age of steam. It is impossible to simply go with the idea of remaking it.

Tony Harrison
belongs , age , impossible
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I spent a lot of time on recce. It is a kind of creative chaos, but I like the sense of creative serendipity.

Tony Harrison
spent , lot , time
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It is always better to write for the whole of society than for the poetry-reading public.

Tony Harrison
always , better , write
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I hate being called poet/dramatist/translator/director. 'Poet' covers it all for me.

Tony Harrison
hate , being , covers