Edwin Morgan

I just discovered when I was, oh, 12 or 13, that I was very interested in language - and this showed itself as poetry. There was no looking back.

Translated poetry filled the no-man's-land between my own work and other writers', and I found this fascinating to explore.

I have friends who are very pessimistic. They say you can't possibly be an optimist nowadays. But I think, taking the longer view, you can still be as optimistic as you want.

In the first years after 1989, films were partly financed from the state's budget as well as by public television. Still, except for a few special cases, most films are made this way.

It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.

I don't like to get in front of people.