But you'd have a job to find many of my poems which would seem to be very influenced by a particular person.

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!

Well, I love fishing. I wouldn't kill a fly myself but I've no hesitation in killing a fish. A lot of men are like that. No bother. Out you come. Thump. And that's not the only reason.

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

When I talk of hearing a poet's voice speaking, I always think of it as in the presence of the man.

I don't think of myself all the time.

All those authors there, most of whom of course I've never met. That's the poetry side, that's the prose side, that's the fishing and miscellaneous behind me. You get an affection for books that you've enjoyed.