Quotes by : Ted Hughes

It is not enough to say the crow flies purposefully, or heavily, or rowingly, or whatever. There are....

Everybody tries to protect this vulnerable two three four five six seven eight year old inside, and to....

Right from the start he is dressed in his best - his blacks and his whitesLittle Fauntleroy - quiffed....

The difficult thing is not to pick up the information but to recognise it - to accept it into our consciousness.....

The difference between a fairly interesting writer and a fascinating writer is that the fascinating writer....

In writing these poems about relatives, I found it almost impossible to write about the mother. I was....

There is no correct way to write a novel, or rather, there is only one, and that one way is to make it....

The only thing people regret is that they didn't live boldy enough, that they didn't invest enough heart,....

If you're all so peaceful up there, how did you get such greedy and cruel ideas?"The dragon was silent....

Every single person is vulnerable to unexpected defeat in this inmost emotional self. At every moment,....