All the books I have written have been one book, from the beginning.

The first poem I ever wrote, about loss, when I was 5 years old, expressed the themes of everything I would ever write.

Is it experimental to have been influenced by the Bible? By Saint Augustine?

I'm as much influenced by Joseph Smith and the Mormons as I am, more so, than by Eliot. Actually, I'm much more influenced by the poetry of the Mormons.

Some of the poetic writers who insert passages of realism in their texts have no underlying philosophy to uphold them, and revert to realism.

I'm quite sure that most writers would sustain real poetry if they could, but it takes devotion and talent.

we live our fate before we realize exactly what it is.