You Are Bound, My Hunch Is, To

Poetry Makes Possible The Deepest Kind Of Personal Possession Of The World.

Then You Develop A Kind Of Critical Sense About What You Write. You Can Tell When Something Is Good, But It Would Be Just As Good In Somebody Else's Work Too. You Want To Hold Out For Those Things Only You Can Say.

Find Out What You Do Best, And Then Don't Do It.

What I Want Is To Be Willing To Fail Rather Than Stagnate.

Poetry Is A Hazardous Occupation, Very Hazardous. There May Be Bad Things In There Inside You That Maybe You Can't Handle.