Poetry is God's work.

We live in a capitalist system; anyone who believes they are above this system or purer than this system, even while shopping at the cute organic market across the street or taking a hiking vacation to Guatemala, is certifiable.

I'm more interested in the writing than in the content per se (good writing can be about wallpaper and I'll devour it).

I remember when I was writing my memoir and I was worried about what other people would think when they read it, and my mother, who can be this incredibly wise person, said that it really didn't matter because strangers who read it would never meet me anyway, and people I knew were aware of my secrets.

When I moved to New York, the reputation just followed me, and I am regularly invited to play in home games, by writers in particular, though finance folk also invite me on occasion.

I do think most poets are in denial about what the real taboos in writing are--the real boundaries.

It is one thing to write a good sentence, another to write a good book.