Tragedy Makes You Grow Up.

And, I Mean, I Think Poetry Does Need To Be Met To Some Extent, Especially, I Guess, 19th Century Poetry, And For Me, It's Just Been So Worth The Effort. It's Like I'm Planting A Garden In My Head.

But I Think It's Quite Clear In My Work That My Orientation Isn't Political Or Doesn't Come Out Of Modern Politics.

You Know, Sex Is Actually Not So Original As The Way People Love Or The Stories Behind Each Relationship, Which Is What You Remember. Sex Is Sex In The End.

Actual Violence Has No Attraction For Me At All.

I Think That The Romantic Impulse Is In All Of Us And That Sometimes We Live It For A Short Time, But It's Not Part Of A Sensible Way Of Living. It's A Heroic Path And It Generally Ends Dangerously. I Treasure It In The Sense That I Believe It's A Path Of Great Courage. It Can Also Be The Path Of The Foolhardy And The Compulsive.