Author: Tony Harrison

Quotes

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 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'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

I love being on the road with others, with a camera, but also being alone writing poetry.

I love being on the road with others, with a camera, but also being alone writing poetry.

- Tony Harrison

Honours seem to be the nature of British life. It's horrible. Maybe I'm mad, but the older I get, the less I want to have honours loaded on me.

Honours seem to be the nature of British life. It's horrible. Maybe I'm mad, but the older I get, the less I want to have honours loaded on me.

- 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

'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

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

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

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