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" I very much wished not to be noticed, and to be left alone, and I sort of succeeded. "

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" In college, you learn how to learn. Four years is not too much time to spend at that. "

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" The woods that I loved as a child are entirely gone. The woods that I loved as a young adult are gone. The woods that most recently I walked in are not gone, but they're full of bicycle trails. "

" 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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" I decided very early that I wanted to write. But I didn't think of it as a career. I didn't even think of it as a profession... It was the most exciting thing, the most powerful thing, the most wonderful thing to do with my life. "

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" I acknowledge my feeling and gratitude for life by praising the world and whoever made all these things. "

" Sometimes breaking the rules is extending the rules. "

" I worked privately, and sometimes I feel that might be better for poets than the kind of social workshop gathering. My school was the great poets: I read, and I read, and I read. "

" I have a notebook with me all the time, and I begin scribbling a few words. When things are going well, the walk does not get anywhere; I finally just stop and write. "

" I'd rather write about polar bears than people. "

" The challenge is to keep up with all the new poets at the same time I love the old ones. "

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" I consider myself kind of a reporter - one who uses words that are more like music and that have a choreography. I never think of myself as a poet; I just get up and write. "

" Poetry isn't a profession, it's a way of life. It's an empty basket; you put your life into it and make something out of that. "

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" I simply do not distinguish between work and play. "

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