A public expectation it has to be said not of poetry as such but of political positions variously approvable by mutually disapproving groups.

As soon as men know that they can kill without fear of punishment or blame they kill or at least they encourage killers with approving smiles.

I've hung out at dozens of playgrounds bored out of my mind with not even a look of comfort from disapproving mothers all around me. Either they think I'm a pedophile or a deadbeat dad. That's what I get for being a single dad - suspicious looks at the playground.

Kids are brought into show business because they are cute and see truth and they're very bright. But there's a sense of doing it because you want the adults to be approving of you. You want to make them happy.