As you get older, you find that often the wheat, disentangling itself from the chaff, comes out to meet you.

Be careful what you swallow. Chew!

I've always thought of myself as a reporter.

We real cool. We Left school. We Lurk late. We Strike straight. We Sing sin. We Thin gin. We Jazz June. We Die soon.

Reading is important - read between the lines. Don't swallow everything.

Poetry is life distilled.

I like the concentration, the crush; I like working with language, as others like working with clay, or notes.