"Sometimes I feel if I was young again, I would wrap a bandana around my head like Douglas Fairbanks Sr. and I would become a pirate of the Web. And I would go around stealing poems and assembling into one spot like a treasure cave."

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Source: Clive James on turning his ‘last time on earth’ into a writing wellspring. Interview with Art Beat, www.pbs.org. December 3, 2013.

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Clive James

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Clive James was an Australian writer, critic, and broadcaster known for his sharp wit and insightful commentary on culture and life.

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