And if they haven't got poetry in them, there's nothing you can do that will produce it.
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I said I have no powers of invention. Well, I also have no powers of mimicry.Norman MacCaig
There are books up there I haven't read for many years but I wouldn't put them out. I never know when I might want to read them again.
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But I hang on to books. I love them. I even think they're very nice decor in a room - far better than paintings... That's not quite true!
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In some ways I'm a reticent man, and for quite a number of years there wasn't very much of my real true deep feelings in my writing.
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It's like breathing in and out to me. It's like having a conversation with someone who isn't there. Because it has to be addressed to somebody - not a particular person, or very rarely.
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When I go fishing I like to know that there's nobody within five miles of me.
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