Quote by: Ted Hughes

...imagine what you are writing about. See it and live it. Do not think it up laboriously, as if you were working out mental arithmetic. Just look at it, touch it, smell it, listen to it, turn yourself into it. When you do this, the words look after themselves, like magic.


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Author Bio


  • NameTed Hughes
  • DescriptionEnglish poet and children's writer
  • AliasesEdward James Hughes
  • BornAugust 17, 1930
  • DiedOctober 28, 1998
  • CountryEngland
  • ProfessionPoet; Writer; Novelist; Playwright
  • AwardsQueen's Gold Medal For Poetry