I only keep books that I like very much. Otherwise I'd throw them out.
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!
If I wrote a play with four characters every single one of them would talk like me regardless of age or sex.
I was very interested in American poetry for many years. Much less now.
I just didn't want to shoot other people.
And some poets are far better read off the page because they're very bad speakers. I'm thinking of one in particular whom I won't name, a good poet, and he reads in such a dry, boring way, your eyes start drooping.