I’d like to go out in the front yard and shout something. “None of this is worth it!” That’s what I’d like people to hear.

Don’t complain, don’t explain.

There was this funny thing of anything could happen now that we realized everything had.

Anyone can express himself or herself, but what writers and poets want to do in their work, more than simply express themselves, is communicate.

I'm always learning something. Learning never ends.

That morning she pours Teacher's over my belly and licks it off. That afternoon she tries to jump out the window.

You're...writing for other writers to an extent-the dead writers whose work you admire, as well as the living writers you like to read.