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I must say this in defense of my mother. One of the best things she said to me was: "You know, all the knowledge of the world is in the library and I will show you how to use it." And she did. She took me to the library and we walked in and she showed me how the card catalog worked and she introduc…

I must say this in defense of my mother. One of the best things she said to me was: "You know, all the knowledge of the world is in the library and I will show you how to use it." And she did. She took me to the library and we walked in and she showed me how the card catalog worked and she introduc…

The intellectual in Europe is like the intellectual in South America, Latin America. He doesn't wash dishes, for instance. Still a woman's place to do all that crap. The intellectual in Latin America (this leather, clothes, books, tools, . . . isn't so in France) may talk very revolutionary ideas, …

Jean-Jacques Lebel and I had a running argument over the last six weeks while he was staying here. He considers himself a revolutionary, and he proposed that a young poet he met in Berkeley get a $1,000 grant from this foundation. There was a scout in town, Gus Blaisdell, from the University of New…

LF: It depends on which revolution you are talking about. I mean, the first thing a poet has to do is to live that type of life which doesn't compromise himself. It seems to me that taking government grants and living on them is compromising himself before he even starts writing.