For me the road became a zone, in places like Saint Marks poetry Project where I worked for 12 years.

As a younger person you can come in through many, many gateways. It's like some huge Mandela. You can enter into this and get refreshed.

I think anything that gets people outside [is good] - I'm a big supporter of public parks and public spaces.

I was not ever hitchhiking alone. I've done solo train trips but I've never driven myself alone.

Any technology is just a skillful means and it's how you use it.

It's so rich as a trope - the whole idea of the road and it being in terms of language, being an active experience.

I was raised with a sense of democratic vistas and egalitarianism.