I've done as many as 20 or 30 drafts of a story. Never less than 10 or 12 drafts.

Booze takes a lot of time and effort if you're going to do a good job with it.

There is no answer. It's okay. But even if it wasn't okay, what am I supposed to do?

You have to have been in love to write poetry.

That's all we have, finally, the words, and they had better be the right ones.

I guess my writing has changed as my life has.

I'm always learning something. Learning never ends.