All I wanted to do was write - at the time, poems, and prose, too. I guess my ambition was simply to make money however I could to keep myself going in some modest way, and I didn't need much,…

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You can't put your feet on the ground until you've touched the sky.

You can't put your feet on the ground until you've touched the sky.

You have to protect it too, you can't let just any stupid person take it...

You have to protect it too, you can't let just any stupid person take it...

I don't think that you can be prescriptive about anything, I mean, life is too...

I don't think that you can be prescriptive about anything, I mean, life is too...

Everything can change at any moment, suddenly and forever.

Everything can change at any moment, suddenly and forever.

It was a wrong number that started it, the telephone ringing three times in the...

It was a wrong number that started it, the telephone ringing three times in the...

I guess I wanted to leave America for awhile. It wasn't that I wanted to...

I guess I wanted to leave America for awhile. It wasn't that I wanted to...

There's hope for everyone. That's what makes the world go round.

There's hope for everyone. That's what makes the world go round.

You see, the interesting thing about books, as opposed, say, to films, is that it's...

You see, the interesting thing about books, as opposed, say, to films, is that it's...

I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own...

I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own...

I don't know if she should worry too much, I mean some of our greatest...

I don't know if she should worry too much, I mean some of our greatest...

We construct a narrative for ourselves, and that's the thread that we follow from one...

We construct a narrative for ourselves, and that's the thread that we follow from one...

It's extremely difficult to get these jobs because you can't get a job on a...

It's extremely difficult to get these jobs because you can't get a job on a...

If you're not ready for everything, you're not ready for anything.

If you're not ready for everything, you're not ready for anything.