People are going to judge you all the time no matter what you do...Don't worry about other people. Worry about you.

I think that happens for a lot of people, they have this idea that there's only one type of way to write poetry and that you have to have this information. You have to know about meter, you have to know about form, you have to know about iambic pentameter, and all of that.

My favorite reader is one that revisits books and gets something new out of them each time.

We live inside our parents' backstory.

Seems like every time life starts straightening itself out, something's gotta go and happen.

To watch your home change in front of you is surprising. But at the same time, going someplace like Mississippi, makes me appreciate even this.

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