"I was very committed to the process of composing, working at poems, putting things together and taking them apart like some kind of experimental filmmaker."

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"I was very committed to the process of composing, working at poems, putting things together and taking them apart like some kind of experimental filmmaker."

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"We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words."

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"I like poems that are complex."

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"Most victims of my autobiographical verse are either far too polite, remarkably understanding unaware that I have written poems about them."

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

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"The notes I have made are not a diary in the ordinary sense, but partly lengthy records of my spiritual experiences, and partly poems in prose."

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"I would not say I chose to write long poems on a conscious level. The long poem has been a relative constant."

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"I like Beethoven, especially the poems."

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"Early on, if I was alone two three nights in a row, I'd start writing poems about suicide."

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"My rejection of the idea of entertainment in its current form is based on the audience that comes with it."

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"I had no idea where these kids at a small private college in the San Fernando Valley were coming from, why they were coming to hear me, or what they needed to know."

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"It's hard being a hostage in somebody else's mouth - or a character in somebody else's novel."

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"The ancient Greek oral poets all had this anxiety about the deficiencies of their memories and always began poems by praying to the Muse to help them remember."

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"I reserve the right to tell shaggy dog stories or even common jokes as part of what I'm doing. I don't give a damn if half the audience walks out."

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