"I don't care whether a book is a first edition or not. I'm not a bibliophile in that word's natural sense."

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"And if they haven't got poetry in them, there's nothing you can do that will produce it."

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"And the second question, can poetry be taught? I didn't think so."

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"I said I have no powers of invention. Well, I also have no powers of mimicry."

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"And some poets are far better read off the page because they're very bad speakers. I'm thinking of one in particular whom I won't name, a good poet, and he reads in such a dry, boring way, your eyes start drooping."

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