I rewrite my books until they're mostly memorized so that's a lot of rewrites, a lot of time spent with my stories.

Time comes to us softly, slowly. It sits beside us for a while. Then, long before we are ready, it moves on.

I've learned about marrying poetry and prose and making both accessible.

I think writers are the history keepers, right? We're the ones who are bearing witness to what's going on in the world. And I feel like it's our job to put that down on paper, and put it out into the world, so that it can be remembered.

I loved and still love watching words flower into sentences and sentences blossom into stories.

Yes, writing is not easy. But can any writer imagine NOT writing?

We do inherently know that poetry is about the way we speak. It's about where we pause, where we drop our words in the middle of a sentence. It's about the rhythm and the cadence of the way we speak. It's about putting that down at the end of the day.