Be Very Careful of Unearned Wisdom When You're Writing Poetry

"I find that i have to assume that i'm writing these things for some sort of deeply egotistical reason," he says. "It's coming from a place where it's like something is bubbling up from the depths and presenting itself, and you have to catch that, n it on the page" He adds: "Someone who is checking themselves against being egotistical is probably not an egotist"