And in a way, that's been a help to me, because I take great passions for a particular poet - sometimes it lasts for many years, sometimes only for a while. This happens to everybody.

I don't think of myself all the time.

I'm very gregarious, but I love being in the hills on my own.

Anybody who writes doesn't like to be misunderstood.

I just didn't want to shoot other people.

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!

And the second question, can poetry be taught? I didn't think so.