I got $30 from Nation magazine for a poem and $500 for my first book of poems.

A poet must discover that it’s his own story that is true, even if the truth is small indeed.

What cannot be said, will get wept.

The wilderness does not make you forget your normal life so much as it removes the distractions for proper remembering.

Death steals everything except our stories.

One of the curious effects of a bad hangover is that you think you're wrong whether you are or not. Not wrong in particulars, but wrong in general, wrong about everything.

I can write anywhere.