I always say I write because I have lots of questions, not because I have any answers.

I always say I write because I have lots of questions, not because I have any answers.

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.

That's what writing is. It's moving past your fear.

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.

I couldnt be a writer without hope. I think I became a writer because Im pretty optimistic.

Diversity is about all of us, and about us having to figure out how to walk through this world together.