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We are supposed to write poetry to keep the gods alive.
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How is it macho that I like to hunt and fish? I've been doing it since I was four.
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The trajectory started when I was on the roof of our house looking out at a swamp when I was 19. I had written for several years, starting at about 15, but that day on the roof I took my vows and acknowledged my calling.
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New Yorkers are mostly interested in New York - in case you haven't noticed.
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There is a neurologist, a woman over at Harvard who wanted me to come talk to them, and in France I have a lot of readers in the sciences. I can't tell you why.
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I'm afraid that eating in restaurants reflects one's experiences with movies, art galleries, novels, music - that is, characterized by mild amusement but with an overall feeling of stupidity and shame. Better to cook for yourself.
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I've never felt influenced by Ernest Hemingway though I suppose there is something inevitable there.