I Saw The Film Pearl Harbour And

It's A Big Thing To Call Yourself A Poet. All I Can Say Is That I Have Always Written Poems. I Don't Think I'm Interested In Any Discussion About Whether I'm A Good Poet, A Bad Poet Or A Great Poet. But I Am Sure, I Want To Write Great Poems. I Think Every Poet Should Want That.

I Was Brought Up On The Proletarian Left, And I Remain There. The Fair Go For Workers Is Fundamental, And I Don't Believe The Free Market Has A Mind.

Almost 70 Years Have Gone By, And I've Still Got That Feeling When I Write... Writing, For Me, Is Still It. It Has Always Been The Basis Of Everything I Do. I'm A Writer Who Performs, Not A Performer Who Writes. I Love The Act Of Writing. It's Still A Thrill For Me.

The Essence Of A Class System Is Not That The Privileged Are Conscious Of Their Privileges, But That The Deprived Are Conscious Of Their Deprivations.

Once, Bbc Television Had Echoed Bbc Radio In Being A Haven For Standard English Pronunciation. Then Regional Accents Came In: A Democratic Plus. Then Slipshod Usage Came In: An Egalitarian Minus. By Now Slovenly Grammar Is Even More Rife On The Bbc Channels Than On Itv. In This Regard A Decline Can Be Clearly Charted... If The Bbc, Once The Guardian Of The English Language, Has Now Become Its Most Implacable Enemy, Let Us At Least Be Grateful When The Massacre Is Carried Out With Style.