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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 -...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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 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 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...

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.

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...

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...

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...