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
Each word bears its weight, so you have to read my poems quite slowly. – Anne Stevenson
Poets should ignore most criticism and get on with making poetry. – Anne Stevenson
I dont like poetry that just slaps violent words on a canvas, as it were. – Anne Stevenson
You never go into a marriage expecting to get divorced. You go into a marriage expecting its going to last forever, and you have a lot of ways you dream about the future. You have all these expectations, and then you have to adjust those expectations, and it can be a very unnerving, confusing time. – Jenna Fischer