Usually going places makes me feel optimistic. And I'm a hillbilly, so heading to the countryside made sense a number of ways.

A sense of duty imprisons you.

Protect me from what I want.

I used language because I wanted to offer content that people - not necessarily art people - could understand.

I moved to New York in the 1970s and started writing when I was at the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program.

Enjoy yourself because you can't change anything anyway

I really like doing the laundry, because I succeed at it. But I loathe putting it away. It is already clean.