And it's impossible for me to read Henry James.
People haven't got the interest in long long works these days. A lack of interest which I share.
And the second question, can poetry be taught? I didn't think so.
Anybody who writes doesn't like to be misunderstood.
When I go fishing I like to know that there's nobody within five miles of me.
There are some friends you don't meet for twenty years and when you meet them again it's as if no twenty years has happened - you're lucky when that happens. I feel the same about books.