But poetry is a way of language it is not its subject or its maker's background or interests or hobbies or fixations. It is nearer to utterance than history.

Poetry is the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth - the true poet is very near the oracle.

In 'The King's Speech ' patriotism is utterly contained within a historical moment the third of September 1939 where the aggressor is clear the fight is clear it hasn't become complicated over time.

The elusive nature of love... it can be such a fleeting thing. You see it there and it's just fluttering and it's gone.

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.

The butterfly counts not months but moments and has time enough.

What the caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly.

So far as I know anything worth hearing is not usually uttered at seven o'clock in the morning and if it is it will generally be repeated at a more reasonable hour for a larger and more wakeful audience.

I'm a total protein shake junkie nerd. I get creative every morning - you never know what you're gonna get in my shake... fruit? Peanut butter? Ice-cream?

It was so quiet that morning in Paris that the heels of my two companions and myself were loud on the deserted pavements. It was a city of shuttered shops and barred windows and deserted avenues.