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I did know Ted Hughes and I partly wrote the book to explain to myself and others the complexities of a marriage that was for six years wonderfully productive of poetry and then ended in tragedy. ↗

— Anne Stevenson

#complexities #did #ended #explain #hughes

I married a young Englishman in Cambridge in 1955 and have lived in Britain every since. ↗

— Anne Stevenson

#cambridge #englishman #every #i #lived

I play with language a great deal in my poems, and I enjoy that. I try to condense language, that is, I try to express complicated but I hope real emotions as simply as possible. But that doesn't mean the poems are simple, just that they are as truthful as I can make them. ↗

— Anne Stevenson

#condense #deal #emotions #enjoy #express

Peter Lucas and I live in Durham but spend a great of time in North Wales, where we have a cottage in the mountains, and in Vermont, USA, with my sister - who is a children's writer married to a poet. ↗

— Anne Stevenson

#cottage #great #i #live #lucas

I grew up all over the world. My father was in the army and was posted to a new place every two and a half years. I have no geographical roots. ↗

— Juliet Stevenson

#every #father #geographical #grew #half

I never have time to myself; it's the one thing about my life I would probably hope to change. ↗

— Juliet Stevenson

#change #hope #i #life #my life

In our own, theatre can be the place where we come together, reaching with and through stories, to who we are and to who we can be. ↗

— Juliet Stevenson

#our #own #place #reaching #stories

It is intensely frustrating. The longer you live, the more interesting life gets, and yet many of the parts involve carrying trays and putting lamb chops down in front of the leading man. ↗

— Juliet Stevenson

#chops #down #front #frustrating #gets

There's still a massive inequality between the genders. If you look at the trajectory of a male actor's career, there's no hesitation or hiatus. But women after the age of 35 to 40 are rarely placed in the centre of the story. ↗

— Juliet Stevenson

#after #age #between #career #centre

I definitely think we should not serve alcoholic beverages at the lunch break. ↗

— McLean Stevenson

#alcoholic beverages #beverages #break #definitely #i