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Think Of Many Things. Never Place Your Happiness In One Person's Power. Be Just To Yourself.

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.

Fiction Basically Is A Form Of Gossip Where You Want To Enter Other People's Lives, The Lives Of People You Don't Know, And You Want To Know What's Going To Happen To Them.

Poetry, I Think, Intensifies The Reader's Experience. If It's A Humorous Facet Of The Story, Poetry Makes It More Exuberant. If It's A Sad Facet, Poetry Can Make It More Poignant.

In Spite Of All Temptations Of Belonging To Many Nations, I've Remained An Indian.