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The first book I did - the first successful book - was a kind of a travel book, and publishers in Britain encouraged me to do more.
'John Henry Days' was already half in the can before my first book came out, so I'd already started something that was big and sprawling - I just had to finish it.
For several days after my first book was published, I carried it about in my pocket and took surreptitious peeps at it to make sure the ink had not faded.
Let the pitcher move first, then, as he draws his arm back, you draw the bat back and you are ready.
I talk fast because I'm asthmatic, and I'm desperately hoping the words get out before my breath fails.
I don't have the best family history heart-wise, so I really try to keep my heart strong.
Well - I started writing - probably in the early 60s and by say '65-'66 I had read most of the poetry that had been published - certainly in the 20 years prior to that.
I find a lot of really hot people to be extremely boring because they haven't had to work at it.
We are one people with one family. We all live in the same house... and through books, through information, we must find a way to say to people that we must lay down the burden of hate. For hate is too heavy a burden to bear.
