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

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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 -...

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.

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...

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.

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.

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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 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...

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...

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...