I live in Santa Cruz. I moved here in 1974 and couldn't leave.

It's impossible to feel good about yourself if you are doing things that you aren't proud of. . . . It's essential that you . . . [do] things you can respect and admire.

There is a comfort in knowing that you don’t have to pretend anymore, that you are going to do everything within your power to heal.

No matter how many vitamins you take, how much Pilates, you'll lose your keys, your hair and your memory.

Your wallet will be stolen, you'll get fat, slip on the bathroom tiles of a foreign hotel and crack your hip.

I wanted to be a writer since I was in high school, but I never thought it was possible.

I think many people love poetry who don't know they love it. People are sometimes afraid of poetry, or they've been introduced to poetry that doesn't speak to them.