"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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"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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"My first two books are out of print and, okay, they can sleep there comfortably. It's early work, derivative work."

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"Writers sometimes give up what is most strange and wonderful about their writing - soften their roughest edges - to accommodate themselves toward a group response."

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"When it's over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms."

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"I worked probably 25 years by myself, just writing and working, not trying to publish much, not giving readings."

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