We have such a finite amount of hours on this planet, and there is just no excuse for living a mundane, predictable life in life.

Sometimes I feel too transparent in my poetry, but that's what I think the beauty of poetry is, because as transparent as the author can be, it's usually only a reflection of what the reader can interpret, and based on their own personal experiences.

Definitely routine is the bedrock of our relationship.

Our nature as sensitive beings is far too complex to break apart, re-examine and reshape in a poem.

I've been to Asia, but I'd love to go to Thailand. I'd love to go to some rural areas in China.

English was my fourth language. I arrived, I enrolled in public school, as a child, I believe I was about six years old when we finally landed in Michigan. And I was initially put in special education because I couldn't quite wrap my mind around the English language because I was listening to Hungarian and Albanian and German. My mind broke down like I couldn't quite wrap my mind around the fourth language.

My mother's only wish was to start a life in America because America was the cradle of every promise and opportunity.