I'm not sure that the benefit - as a writer and as a citizen - that I would get from reading at least the front page of the Times every day or every other day would outweigh the depression.

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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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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....

Well, The Wellspring was written from 1983 to 1986. And it had a section in...

Well, The Wellspring was written from 1983 to 1986. And it had a section in...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 older I get, the more I see The power of that young woman, my...

The older I get, the more I see The power of that young woman, my...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Many poets write books. They'll tell you: Well, I've got my next book, but there...

Many poets write books. They'll tell you: Well, I've got my next book, but there...