Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Great Regulars: Do not wear yourself out.

Keep enough time for your own writing. That is not just a question of getting up an hour earlier; it means the more difficult task of preserving staring-off time, thinking time. The laureateship takes over your life. An American publication described it as "a double-edged chalice". A ridiculous mixed metaphor, but true enough.

from Andrew Motion: The Guardian: Andrew Motion's advice to the next poet laureate

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