- Dangerous
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
A man was defined, in my father's circles, by what he could bear, the pain he could shrug off, the warmth or comfort he could deny himself.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
One day I was talking about what I was going to do next, and just found myself announcing it: 'I'm going to write a book about my father.'
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
The poem builds in my mind and sits there, as if in a register, until the poem, or a piece of a longer poem, is finished enough to write down. I can hold several lines in my head for quite some time, but as soon as they are written down, the register clears, as it were, and I have to work with what is on the paper.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
My editor, Robin Robertson, is one of this country's finest poets, so I listen to him when he offers advice.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Poetry stands or falls by its music.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every time I write a book, I think how I could be doing it better to please people - a nicer book with nicer characters - but I just can't.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Usually, I would mistrust a book if it took that long to write. Usually, if it isn't done in two years, I suspect there's something wrong and throw it away.
- Mad
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- Nov 07, 2020
A mad person isn't someone who sees what isn't there; he's someone who sees what is there but that others can't see. I really believe that.
- Isolation
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's important to have quiet time and isolation.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
People will occasionally ask me if I understand what it's like to be lonely. And the truth is I don't, because for me, solitariness is a blessing, a gift. Me, I get on fine with myself.
- Hospital
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't like the term 'mental illness.' I'd rather just say 'mad.' Just like I always say 'loony bin,' not 'mental hospital.'
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
'The Gardener' is more than a marvellous collection of images by a master photographer.
- Human
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- Nov 07, 2020
The conventional, and painfully artificial, separation of the human realm from the natural other is bound to perish, albeit over a period of time, until we are obliged to learn how to cultivate our gardens under the most demanding conditions.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020