Anne Stevenson Quotes

I love babies, and I have my nephews that I love. I have a great mom and she has raised three kids, so if I take lessons from her, I think I'll be great. All my friends have little brothers or sisters.

I'm very fond of Norfolk. My husband came from there and the kids love it. Devon is beautiful, too.

I had written here and there about my mother in my poems. There are poems for her in my first and second books.

The majority of the time I live out of a rucksack in some jungle or stuck up some mountain. The luxury tends to be when my wife and children are there.

I spent a lot of my school vacations in Devlali because my grandparents lived in the cantonment there.

Mumbai is home to us. Medina was born in Munich because Roya's family lives in Germany and she had five sisters to help her while I was travelling for work.

The hack songwriter will write the absolute truth every single word, whether it makes a great song or not.

I do as much bookish research as I can but when I sit down to write, often I think, 'Wait, I was there.' That is one of the great advantages of having wandered around the world and lived in so many places and met such fascinating people.

I divide my time between homes in Arizona and England, six months a year in each place.

I've watched my family grow, I've traveled around the world and I've had a chance to contribute some, I think.

My older brothers and sisters have kids and families.

Yes, I love my homes, I love to travel, I love my family, and I love doting on my new grandchildren. But you can only do so much of that. I don't go to lunch with friends. I don't join clubs. I don't have any big hobbies. I work. I come up with stories. I can't even imagine a life where I'm not sitting around, worried about my next book.

Mexico is where I fell in love for the first time; it's where my family lives... so however much I travel, I inevitably return there.

My main residence is Baltimore. I have an apartment in New York, one in San Francisco, and I live in a rental in Provincetown in the summer.

I grew up really close to Alabama, about 10 minutes from the Alabama line. We'd make trips to Alabama, and I feel at home there.

My little sister Debbie was born at Aldergrove, and my nan is from southern Ireland, so I do try and get over quite a bit.

Even if I have a home in Paris and sometimes in New York, whenever I was saying I have to go home, it was going to my mother.

I've got two younger brothers.

If I could have my wife and kids on the road with me every week, I would.

I have two big brothers.

I have lots of memories of staying at campsites in the West Country and France, of the Carpenters playing on the eight-track, and of my dad cursing under the broken-down VW camper van. I loved camping, but I wouldn't much fancy it now - I'm too old to rough it.

Living on the road can make you feel quite displaced. Cooking a meal on the tour bus for everyone makes it home.

I have two older sisters.

I've lived in Colorado longer than anywhere else in my life. All four of our boys were born and raised here. All of our friends are here.

My parents live in Kolkata, so I come every year.