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So many poems you go into and come up empty.

I don't think I've ever read poetry, ever.

I'm a failed poet. Reading poetry helps me to see the world differently, and I try to infuse my prose with figurative language, which goes against the trend in fiction.

I don't think I've ever read poetry, ever. I'm not really book-smart.

I've never written poetry. I'm not a poet, but I think the nearest you get is either the short story or the novella, in that you can't waste a word. There is no hiding place: everything's got to be seen to relate, and the prose counts.

Poetry says the things that I can't say. I read a lot, but I never write it.

I don't live for poetry. I live far more than anybody else does.

I don't write poems. I don't give flowers to girls... yet.

Poetry is always slightly mysterious, and you wonder what is your relationship to it.