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

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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...

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...

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 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...

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....

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'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 -...

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 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...

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

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

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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.