"The great thing about living until you get a bit older if you are a writer, and especially a poet, is that you have more life to reflect on. And I think that if I am better now - and I think that I am probably better than I was - is because that I simply have more to think about, more to get under control, more to understand."

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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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