What’s writing really about? It’s about trying to take fuller possession of the reality of your life.

You could become internationally famous - you're Gemini, and according to antique authority have a literary talent, which of course your letters prove.

Fishing provides that connection with the whole living world. It gives you the opportunity of being totally immersed, turning back into yourself in a good way. A form of meditation, some form of communion with levels of yourself that are deeper than the ordinary self.

The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn't live boldly enough, that they didn't invest enough heart, didn't love enough. Nothing else really counts at all.

As Popa penetrates deeper into his life, with book after book, it begins to look like a Universe passing through a Universe. It is one of the most exciting things in modern poetry, to watch this journey being made.

There is no better way to know us Than as two wolves, come separately to a wood.

You are who you choose to be.