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America needs to find a new way of thinking.
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We should be over war by now.
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One’s faith can survive a split between theology and iconography.
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The poet is just as responsible for a small audience.
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Coleridge’s “Conversation” poems inspire much of Collins’ work.
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Asking, what does the poem mean? kills the poem, Collins says.
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Each poem is a journey, and the reader is meant to come along.
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Everything flows from death.
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Getting writers to talk about their writing is harder than you think.
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Billy Collins, on his fraught relationship with his teachers.
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Walking down the street is like a night at the opera, Collins says.
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Billy Collins discusses the challenges facing the United States.
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When you’re not writing, Billy Collins says, there’s fear that you will never write again.
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Collins says he hopes he’s brought people back to poetry.
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Billy Collins describes growing up in New York with a mother well-versed in poetry.
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Moby wants to ask George W. Bush about his Christianity.
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Moby makes sure he’s ready when inspiration strikes.
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Moby believes the mundane aspects of ritualized work increase the chance that something great might happen.
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