I thought, frankly, that it would be more pleasant to write a memoir than it was.

I'm actually forced to write about Michigan because as a native of that state it's the place I know best.

I'd rather get a brain tumor than go back to teaching.

I'm hoping to be astonished tomorrow by I don't know what.

Michigan is two radically different places - the North and the South which makes for good drama and contrast.

That is simply the most beautiful publishing office in the world, with that cranky old building in that wonderful park.

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