Words ... are innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, defining that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos... They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little or make a poem which children will speak for you when you're dead.
—The Real Thing, 1982

Posted on June 19, 2007

I like to collect little curiousities for the language chaps. It's like handing round a bag of liquorice allsorts. They're terribly grateful.
—Professional Foul, 1977

Posted on May 28, 2004