I don't think I solve problems in my poetry; I think I uncover the problems.

When things are really dismal, you can laugh, or you can cave in completely.

Romance takes place in the middle distance. Romance is looking in at yourself through a window clouded with dew. Romance means leaving things out: where life grunts and shuffles, romance only sighs.

I'm the only person you've ever met who has read Longfellow.

You may not be able to alter reality, but you can alter your attitude towards it, and this, paradoxically, alters reality. Try it and see.

I myself have 12 hats and each one represents a different personality. Why just be yourself.

Speculative fiction encompasses that which we could actually do. Sci-fi is that which we're probably not going to see.