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 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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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 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.