Well I guess the plan was to write poetry and publish books and make a living from writing poetry. That was a pretty ambitious plan I guess.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My father's plan was, we were going to grow up and travel the world.
Poetry was the first step, and from the age of 18, there was nothing else I wanted to do.
It wasn't a deliberate decision to become a poet. It was something I found myself doing - and loving. Language became an addiction.
My next project is to get back to that. Actually, to learn how to write poetry. I'm not kidding.
I never remember having a plan. All I could think about was how I was going to afford to get into college or where I was going to stay because I hated being at home. I didn't really have time to think about anything in the future. I didn't think about a career or anything. I went to uni, got a couple of jobs, so I sort of funded it myself.
My goal was to do anything that would lead to a job. I know that writing would not lead to a job. It's too fancy for me. My biggest goal was to be an office receptionist, answer phones. I didn't expect to go beyond that.
Poetry is a vocation. It is not a career but a calling.
Well, writing was what I wanted to do, it was always what I wanted to do. I had novels to write so I wrote them.
My life has never been a part of a big plan. It's more of an unfolding adventure.
All I wanted to do was write - at the time, poems, and prose, too. I guess my ambition was simply to make money however I could to keep myself going in some modest way, and I didn't need much, I was unmarried at the time, no children.