The fact of the matter is that the most unexpected and miraculous thing in my life was the arrival in it of poetry itself – as a vocation and an elevation almost. – Seamus Heaney
Poetry is always slightly mysterious, and you wonder what is your relationship to it. – Seamus Heaney
A public expectation, it has to be said, not of poetry as such but of political positions variously approvable by mutually disapproving groups. – Seamus Heaney
Producing is so exciting because you can enable things to happen, whether its like discovering a filmmaker who youre taking a chance on, protecting a battle and driving home at the end of the day just going, Im so glad I stayed late at work and fought hard for that. Had my passion. Won that battle. – Drew Barrymore