Many poets write books. They'll tell you: Well, I've got my next book, but there are two poems I need to write, one about x, one about y. This is a wonder to me.

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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 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...

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 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'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.

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I cannot forget my mother, she is my bridge.

I cannot forget my mother, she is my bridge.

My Mom has always been one of my biggest supporters and the wisdom she has...

My Mom has always been one of my biggest supporters and the wisdom she has...

A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning...

A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning...

A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows...

A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows...