I Simply Seem To Drift. But I

Everyone Sort Of Sees His Own Life And Times As Being Ephemeral. One Thinks That Everything Good Or Important That Happened, Happened In The Past. But I Think That Seeing Scenes That You Are Used To, But With The Heightening Effects Of Poetry, Perhaps Makes You Value Your Life And Times More Than You Might Otherwise Do.

You Get Your Inspiration - Suggestions - Wherever You Have To, Even From Your Mother.

I Rarely Listen To Music While Writing. If I Don't Like It, It Bothers Me, And If I Like It, It Absorbs Me So Much I Can't Write.

I Have A Reputation For Being Hermitlike. I'm Not. I'm Just Obsessed With My Work.

I Tend To Follow A Scattershot Approach To Reading A Lot Of Very Diverse Subjects Interest Me, And I'm Quite Happy To Read Stuff On Any Of Them.