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I must say that, on the whole, I prefer fiction to poetry.


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I find that biographical material holds me back, hampers my creative process, cramps my imagination.



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How can you teach someone to be creative? You have to create yourself.



In fact, the very phrase "teaching creative writing" sounds to me oxymoronic. How can you teach someone to be creative?

In fact, the very phrase "teaching creative writing" sounds to me oxymoronic. How can you teach someone to be creative?



Imagination is so much more fertile than life.

Imagination is so much more fertile than life.



It is true that I didn't write any poetry between 1995 and 2011. The reason for this was probably because I had stayed away from fiction for so long and couldn't tear myself away from it.

It is true that I didn't write any poetry between 1995 and 2011. The reason for this was probably because I had stayed away from fiction for so long and couldn't tear myself away from it.



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Except for the usual house chores, doing income tax, etc., I am free to write whenever I want.



That is one more reason why I write in English only right now. I prefer writing in the language I hear around me for the people by whom I am surrounded.

That is one more reason why I write in English only right now. I prefer writing in the language I hear around me for the people by whom I am surrounded.



I think I view myself primarily as a fiction writer. Poetry is more of a "hobby," a time of rest from the hard work of writing fiction.

I think I view myself primarily as a fiction writer. Poetry is more of a "hobby," a time of rest from the hard work of writing fiction.





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