If I've done my work well, I vanish completely from the scene. I believe it is invasive of the work when you know too much about the writer.
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I have a notebook with me all the time, and I begin scribbling a few words. When things are going well, the walk does not get anywhere; I finally just stop and write.
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As a child, what captivated me was reading the poems myself and realizing that there was a world without material substance which was nevertheless as alive as any other.
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I love the line of Flaubert about observing things very intensely. I think our duty as writers begins not with our own feelings, but with the powers of observing.
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Poetry isn't a profession, it's a way of life. It's an empty basket; you put your life into it and make something out of that.
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