You meet the same people on the way down that you meet on the way up, but you're going the other way.

Now that I am dead, I know everything.

Sometimes reactions can be quite surprising: readers like things that you, the author, feel you've barely gotten away with; or they dislike one of the parts you secretly think is one of your little gems.

The future of the codex book, with pages and so forth? A platform for transmitting narratives. There are others.

I have a fork and a spoon, but never a knife… as if I’m lacking manual skills or teeth. I have both, however. That’s why I’m not allowed a knife.

The genesis of a poem for me is usually a cluster of words. The only good metaphor I can think of is a scientific one: dipping a thread into a supersaturated solution to induce crystal formation. I don't think I solve problems in my poetry; I think I uncover the problems.

There's something final about saying you were married once. It's like saying you were dead once. It shuts them up.