I have begun to think of life as a series of ripples widening out from an original center.
Seamus HeaneyHarvard meant a lot in my writing life from the beginning, even though I didnt actually do much composition on the spot.
Seamus HeaneyThe whole relationship between a writer's spiritual/emotional condition and the kind of wordstuff and form-making that's going on in his work is an interesting one. When I was an undergraduate, there was a glib notion around that there was no reason to suppose a bad man could be a good writer.
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