There is some humour in ‘Family Values.’ I don’t want everyone to think it’s not going to make them laugh. But there are quite a lot of poems there that aren’t funny at all. Wendy Cope Read Quote
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. Wendy Cope Read Quote
I always tell students that writing a poem and publishing it are two quite separate things, and you should write what you have to write, and if you’re afraid it’s going to upset someone, don’t publish it. Wendy Cope Read Quote
I think it’s a question which particularly arises over women writers: whether it’s better to have a happy life or a good supply of tragic plots. Wendy Cope Read Quote
The interesting thing is that you don’t often meet a poet who doesn’t have a sense of humour, and some of them do keep it out of their poems because they’re afraid of being seen as light versifiers. Wendy Cope Read Quote
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. Wendy Cope Read Quote
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. Wendy Cope Read Quote
