"People who read poetry, for example, like the feel, the heft and the smell of a book." ― Simon Armitage Topic(s): Poetry More From Simon Armitage "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." "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." More In Poetry "I’m not really one for fancy, big words and poetry, and the scriptwriters worked very hard on ‘Paradise Lost’ to translate it."― Callan McAuliffe "Teaching writing over the years intrudes on your own writing in important ways, taking away some of the excitement of poetry."― Robert Morgan "As an actor, there is room for a certain amount of creativity, but you’re always ultimately going to be saying somebody else’s words. I don’t think I’d have the stamina, skill or ability to write a novel, but I’d love to write short stories and poetry, because those are my two passions."― Daniel Radcliffe