I feel that the task of criticizing my poetry is best left to others (i.e. critics) and would much rather have it take place after I am dead. If at all.

Messy love is better than none, I guess. I am no authority on sane living.

I have never had any problems with editors who wanted me to change my methods or point of view. I pay a lot of attention to editors, but in a different way. They sometimes catch mistakes and help with the order of poems in a book. I do not underestimate them! Indeed, I have been one myself.

The story as told in The Odyssey doesn't hold water. There are too many inconsistencies.

The threat to the planet is us. It's actually not a threat to the planet - it's a threat to us.

What is the real breath of a man — the breathing out or the breathing in?

There would be no Sherlock Holmes if it were not for serial publication.