My greatest fear is being somewhere without a book.

Sometimes poetry--words--give us a small, lovely look at ourselves. And sometimes that is enough.

Fact and fiction are different truths.

Im working on a bunch of things with my daughter Emily. In some ways, shes a smarter and better editor than I am.

All the world can be found in poetry. All you need to see and hear. All the moments, good and bad, joyous and sad.

Being married to a psychologist, I realize that I learn more from imperfections.

In a way, my childhood was one long bunch of pages... I read and read and read.