Alice Oswald I really think there are spirits in a place that you have to accommodate. – Alice Oswald Accommodate Quotes Spirits Quotes I believe the poet shouldn’t be in the poem at all except as a lens or as ears. I’ve always felt, with ‘The Iliad,’ a real frustration that it’s read wrong. That it’s turned into this public school poem, which I don’t think it is. That glamorising of war, and white-limbed, flowing-haired Greek heroes – it’s become a cliched, British empire part of our culture.
Robert Hunter I tend to write things and don’t go the next step and try to get it published. I don’t want to do book signings and stuff. – Robert Hunter
Phil Robertson I would never treat anyone with disrespect just because they are different from me. We are all created by the Almighty, and like Him, I love all of humanity. – Phil Robertson
Robert Sean Leonard Any time the character is in a moral quandary is interesting. That’s been true from the Greeks on down. – Robert Sean Leonard
Amanda Shires At about 33 weeks along in my pregnancy, the doctor suggested that I stay pretty close to home and not be touring and flying around. I was really left to face the kind of deep thinking that comes along with being a mother and bringing a child into the world. – Amanda Shires
John Webster We are merely the stars tennis-balls, struck and bandied which way please them. – John Webster
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