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I work very hard on all my poems, but most of the work consists of trying not to sound as if I had worked. I try to make them sound as natural as possible, but within a quite strict form, which to my ears has a lot to do with musical rhythm and sound. ↗

— Anne Stevenson

#ears #form #had #hard #i

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

Sylvia Plath was just a month and a half older than I, and when she committed suicide I was only 30 - and very shocked and sorry. I never knew her personally. ↗

— Anne Stevenson

#half #her #i #just #knew

There is far too much literary criticism of the wrong kind. That is why I never could have survived as an academic. ↗

— Anne Stevenson

#could #criticism #far #i #kind

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 have a wardrobe full of expensive clothes, but wear the same two T-shirts. I've never found a look. ↗

— Juliet Stevenson

#expensive #expensive clothes #found #full #i

If I could have any artist's work on my sitting room wall it would probably be by Van Gogh or Picasso. ↗

— Juliet Stevenson

#artist #could #gogh #i #if i could

In the garden of our house, when I was three. My brothers and I had a jumping wall. I remember it as enormously high, but it was probably only about a foot and a half. ↗

— Juliet Stevenson

#brothers #enormously #foot #garden #had

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

I sometimes think that theatre is a torture. ↗

— Juliet Stevenson

#sometimes #theatre #think #torture