To tell you the truth, I think it's about that we shouldn't get our driver's licenses till real late in life.

[Writing is like fishing]. You don't bow because you made the fish. That's the difference. If you know that, then you bow for your labor.You crafted, you worked, you put in those hours so that you could catch that fish. But you didn't make that fish. You just caught the fish. That will help you stay humble and bow for the right reason and be very lucid about the work you do.

So how are you supposed to learn how to drive with this guy yapping at you? My brothers were the ones who got to practice. So when you have to get on the expressway, you're afraid. That's what I think. That's why I take back routes on two-lane highways.

I'm from Chicago, so the Chicago working-class poets still mean a great deal to me.

Those of us who are writers and have to perform to communities that aren't used to coming to book events, I would recommend taking some theater.

I do travel a lot, because I need oxygen, I need to go to places to meet people who aren't upset at me because I'm asking for peace.

We women shouldn't get our driver's licenses till real late in life.