I always know that everything I do is the best I could do.

That's what artists do, that's what poets do - we all do it. We start with something, and sometimes we destroy everything that we've made in order to get to the core place where we started from.

We went our separate ways, but within walking distance of one another.

Why can't I write something that would awake the dead? That pursuit is what burns most deeply.

I got my style from a lot of different people, even my style of reading, even Johnny Carson inspired me.

Steven [Sebring] was documenting me as a widow with two children, going from 50 to 60 years old. My focus, during that time, was to rediscover myself, stay healthy, take care of my kids and reestablish a relationship with the people.

I knew if I lived long enough I would be poet laureate of something.