In Some Ways I'm A Reticent Man,

And The Second Question, Can Poetry Be Taught? I Didn't Think So.

It's Like Breathing In And Out To Me. It's Like Having A Conversation With Someone Who Isn't There. Because It Has To Be Addressed To Somebody - Not A Particular Person, Or Very Rarely.

I Used To Have A Great Love For Dostoyevsky And Tolstoy, The Big Boys Of The Last Century.

But I Hang On To Books. I Love Them. I Even Think They're Very Nice Decor In A Room - Far Better Than Paintings... That's Not Quite True!

I Only Keep Books That I Like Very Much. Otherwise I'd Throw Them Out.