Every good poem asks a question, and every good poet asks every question.

I love people and psychology. As a writer, I’m not so interested in Fred getting from the living room to the car. I want to go inside Fred’s soul and play there.

I would say my life experiences are my poetry, whether I'm writing about those actual, factual experiences or not.

If trees could speak they wouldn't

You are not your poetry. Your self-esteem shouldn't depend on whether you publish, or whether some editor or writer you admire thinks you're any good.

I try to avoid calling myself a poet because I think that's something someone else has to call you. It's like bragging.

We aren't suggesting that mental instability or unhappiness makes one a better poet, or a poet at all; and contrary to the romantic notion of the artist suffering for his or her work, we think these writers achieved brilliance in spite of their suffering, not because of it.