I am quite unsatisfied by the distinctions between the oral and literate.

I was very committed to the process of composing, working at poems, putting things together and taking them apart like some kind of experimental filmmaker.

I can manage a prose format as long as I keep closer to Laurence Sterne than to Henry James.

I'm not sure what theory is, unless it's the pursuit of fundamental questions.

The Sophists' paradoxical talk pieces and their public debates were entertainment in 5th century Greece. And in that world, Socrates was an entertainer.

Children frequently sing meaningful phrases to themselves over and over again before they learn to make a distinction between singing and saying.

I reserve the right to tell shaggy dog stories or even common jokes as part of what I'm doing. I don't give a damn if half the audience walks out.