I'll be left writing picture books and f... by Carol Ann Duffy | We Heart Quotes

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I'll be left writing picture books and fairy tales.

- Carol Ann Duffy

Other quotes by Carol Ann Duffy

Truth

Like the sand and the oyster, it's a creative irritant. In each poem, I'm trying to reveal a truth, so it can't have a fictional beginning.

- Carol Ann Duffy

Children Theatre

Edinburgh is my favourite city. We'll be doing a lot of children's theatre and galleries.

- Carol Ann Duffy

Work

Between 9am and 3pm is when I work most intensely.

- Carol Ann Duffy

I write quite a lot of sonnets, and I think of them almost as prayers: short and memorable, something you can recite.

- Carol Ann Duffy

Father

Christmas is taken very seriously in this household. I believe in Father Christmas, and there's no way I'd do anything to undermine that belief.

- Carol Ann Duffy

Poetry

Poetry and prayer are very similar.

- Carol Ann Duffy

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