"I like poems that are complex."

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"In my youth, I found that I was quite often inspired and pushed forward by what I read."

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"I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman."

"Why does one always ask a writer why they stopped? I am sure everyone finds in any drawer a few dear poems."

"I like poems that are complex."

"The reason one writes poems is so that your poem will be remembered."

"I used to carry about with me a German map-case filled with poems."

"Each word bears its weight, so you have to read my poems quite slowly."

"I consider my films to be poems that are all as personal as my writing and as hand-made."

"Many of my poems are not sexual."

"Indeed, I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman."

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