I don't paint anymore. I haven't since I abandoned it at 19, in order to begin writing seriously.

Poetry is supposed to be musical. But people don't understand prose. They're so used to reading journalism - clunky, functional sentences that convey factual information - facts, more than just the surfaces of things.

My heart and the elevator, a plummet inside a plummet.

I want what we all want," said Carl. "To move certain parts of the interior of myself into the exterior world, to see if they can be embraced.

I hate feeling too complacent when I write. I like to be solving new problems.

There's never any percentage in being ahead of your time.

I don't have a lot of paper in my immediate work environment, except when I'm doing things like checking the godforsaken proofs.