I wondered if people might not have had enough of Simon Armitage and wondered whether I hadn’t had enough of Simon Armitage. Simon Armitage Read Quote
I’d never really been content with just churning out these slim volumes every three or four years. I’ve always tried to think of poetry as an active ingredient in the language rather than just something that appears between the covers of thin books. Simon Armitage Read Quote
I even feel guilty if I’m reading a novel, because I think I should be reading Homer again. I don’t really know what free time is, because I don’t have something to measure it against. Simon Armitage Read Quote
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. Simon Armitage Read Quote
People who read poetry, for example, like the feel, the heft and the smell of a book. Simon Armitage Read Quote
If you were going to choose a way of making your way in this world and a place to start from, you might not choose poetry and you might not choose Huddersfield. Simon Armitage Read Quote
The Huddersfield that I like best is a large town with a big heart and an open mind. Simon Armitage Read Quote
It reminds me to say that staying local should never be about looking at the world through a closed window, but about making a home then throwing the doors open and inviting the world in. Simon Armitage Read Quote
