I Need My Natural Laziness To Be

I Need My Natural Laziness To Be Counteracted By Obsession In Order To Do Anything.

Why Do Writers, Say, Give Up A Job In Economics And Decide To Write Poetry? Or, Why Do They Give Up A Job In A Bank And Decide To Paint, Like Krishan Khanna? They Want To Convey Something.

You Have To Learn A Few Things, Which You Do Along The Way, But Basically, Poetry Is A Matter Of The Ear. Iambic Pentameters Or What Constitutes A Stanza Comes Naturally - Your Ears Will Know.

I Recall Drinking Sherry In California And Dreaming Of England, Where I Ate Dalmoth And Dreamed Of Delhi. What Is The Purpose, I Wonder, Of All This Restlessness? I Sometimes Seem To Myself To Wander Around The World Merely Accumulating Material For Future Nostalgias.

I Spent Many Years Of My Life As An Economist And Demographer. I Was Finally Distracted By Writing My Novels And Poetry. I'm Enormously Happy That Was The Case. I Feel That With Writing I Have Found My Metier.