I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have any after all, most people are unhappy, don't you think?
Source: When asked if he thought about becoming poet laureate, recalled on his death 2 Dec 85
-- Philip Larkin, (Aug 9 1922-1985), English poet, author, librarian; He gave expression to a clipped, antiromantic sensibility prevalent in English verse; wrote Jill, 1940 and High Windows, 1974.