I think this is true for all artists. My senses are very important to me.

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I think that there are fiction writers for whom that works well. I could never...

I think that there are fiction writers for whom that works well. I could never...

I didn't have time to sit down and look at the work of a year...

I didn't have time to sit down and look at the work of a year...

I'm probably so out of it at my age that I don't know what people...

I'm probably so out of it at my age that I don't know what people...

I wish I wrote more about the world at more distance from myself.

I wish I wrote more about the world at more distance from myself.

This creature of the poem may assemble itself into a being with its own centrifugal...

This creature of the poem may assemble itself into a being with its own centrifugal...

My poems - I don't even like the sound of that, in a way. Not...

My poems - I don't even like the sound of that, in a way. Not...

It might be a bad thing, not to know what's going on in the world....

It might be a bad thing, not to know what's going on in the world....

The decision for me was whether to have The Father be a book that told...

The decision for me was whether to have The Father be a book that told...

Well, one thing I'm really interested in, when I'm writing, is being accurate.

Well, one thing I'm really interested in, when I'm writing, is being accurate.

I'm not sure that the benefit - as a writer and as a citizen -...

I'm not sure that the benefit - as a writer and as a citizen -...

So I did quit coffee and I did quit smoking. But I haven't managed that...

So I did quit coffee and I did quit smoking. But I haven't managed that...

Their spirits and their visions are embodied in their craft. And so is mine. It's...

Their spirits and their visions are embodied in their craft. And so is mine. It's...

There are some fine books and essays about that. Lewis Hyde has written about alcoholism...

There are some fine books and essays about that. Lewis Hyde has written about alcoholism...

When I quit all these things and said I didn't have any time, I meant...

When I quit all these things and said I didn't have any time, I meant...

If I wrote in a sonnet form, I would be distorting. Or if I had...

If I wrote in a sonnet form, I would be distorting. Or if I had...

Maybe we can use a metaphor for it, out of dance. I think for many...

Maybe we can use a metaphor for it, out of dance. I think for many...

At one point I took on a new job, and I just didn't have time...

At one point I took on a new job, and I just didn't have time...

The older I get, the more I feel almost beautiful.

The older I get, the more I feel almost beautiful.

I was very afraid that I wouldn't be able to do this job well. And...

I was very afraid that I wouldn't be able to do this job well. And...

The amount of horror one used to hear about in one village could be quite...

The amount of horror one used to hear about in one village could be quite...