I didn't think about whether I was writing poems. I was thinking. And the more I was thinking, the more there was I didn't understand.

I hardly remember how I started to write poetry. It's hard to imagine what I thought poetry could do.

I wanted to be an inventor, whatever I thought that meant then. I guess I was thinking of Edison or maybe James Watt. Or maybe even Newton.

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

My rejection of the idea of entertainment in its current form is based on the audience that comes with it.

Stories are different every time you tell them - they allow so many possible narratives.

I've always had a strong feeling for the Statue of Liberty, because it became the statue of my personal liberty.