Author: Tony Harrison

Quotes

I've realised darkness and light are inter-dependent, just as death is an enhancer of life.

I've realised darkness and light are inter-dependent, just as death is an enhancer of life.

- Tony Harrison

Poetry is all I write, whether for books or readings or for the National Theatre or for the opera house and concert hall or even for TV.

Poetry is all I write, whether for books or readings or for the National Theatre or for the opera house and concert hall or even for TV.

- Tony Harrison

I like a direct relationship between actor and audience.

I like a direct relationship between actor and audience.

- Tony Harrison

A lot of my activity in the theatre, and even in writing poems, was a kind of retrospective aggro on the English teacher who wouldn't allow me to read poetry aloud.

A lot of my activity in the theatre, and even in writing poems, was a kind of retrospective aggro on the English teacher who wouldn't allow me to read poetry aloud.

- Tony Harrison

'Night Mail' belongs quintessentially to the age of steam. It is impossible to simply go with the idea of remaking it.

'Night Mail' belongs quintessentially to the age of steam. It is impossible to simply go with the idea of remaking it.

- Tony Harrison

I was brought up on music hall, and at the same time, I was studying Greek at the age of 12.

I was brought up on music hall, and at the same time, I was studying Greek at the age of 12.

- Tony Harrison

I believe more in the power of drama than in the power of religion.

I believe more in the power of drama than in the power of religion.

- Tony Harrison

I really admire the great Japanese artists who could change their name three times in a lifetime. You could get rid of one and renew yourself.

I really admire the great Japanese artists who could change their name three times in a lifetime. You could get rid of one and renew yourself.

- Tony Harrison

The imagination has its limits, and you have to face up to that.

The imagination has its limits, and you have to face up to that.

- Tony Harrison

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