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They're fancy talkers about themselves, writers. If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.
Artists don't talk about art. Artists talk about work. If I have anything to say to young writers, it's stop thinking of writing as art. Think of it as work.
Young writers find their first audience in little magazines, and experimental writers find their only audience there.
You can stay in therapy your whole life, but you've got to live life and not talk about life.
The first poem I ever wrote, about loss, when I was 5 years old, expressed the themes of everything I would ever write.
The best way to learn about writing is to study the work of other writers you admire.
My early life had a lot to do with my origins as a writer, but I didn't get into doing any writing at all until I was about 35 years old.
Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you.
It's really about if you do the work. Work hard; your results will speak for themselves.
