Quotes About Abse

#1. I'm a free soul who hates paying attention to things I am not interested in. Consequently, I have rarely been comfortable in the role of 'employee.'

Steven Solomon

#2. The abuser's desire to abuse is not created by the child - it is there before the child appears

Carolyn Ainscough

#3. You have a beautiful classy mind
but I find you physically unattractive

Dannie Abse

#4. I hate when a director says to me 'Here's how I envision this scene' ... excuse me? It's right here in the script - I 'envisioned' it FOR you. Do what I wrote. If you want to 'envision', you should become a writer. Where the fuck were you when the page was blank?

Harlan Ellison

#5. Death would be a complete knowingness, but what frightened him was this: not knowing beforehand what it was he would know.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

#6. I'm not Superman. I can't handle all of these women.

Tommy Lee

#7. Are all men in disguise except those crying?

Dannie Abse

#8. I know the colour rose, and it is lovely, But not when it ripens in a tumour; And healing greens, leaves and grass, so springlike, In limbs that fester are not springlike.

Dannie Abse

#9. The theme of Death is to Poetry what Mistaken Identity is to Drama.

Dannie Abse

#10. I hope to go into a poem sober and come out a little drunk. And if I do then that's a real poem.

Dannie Abse

#11. Honesty: The ability to resist small temptations.

John Ciardi

#12. Leave my soul alone, leave my soul alone

Dannie Abse

#13. Praying is another way of singing.You plant in the tree the soul of lemons.You plant in the gardens the spirit of roses.

Dannie Abse

#14. When everything on the board is clear it can be so difficult to conceal your thoughts from your opponent.

David Bronstein

#15. It's hard when you read an article saying bad things about you. It is as if someone is sticking a knife on your heart. But I am the harshest critic of my work.

Robin Williams