I actually can't listen to music and write poetry at the same time, but I do kind of think about the music I've been listening to when I write.

I just can't write and listen to music at the same time.

I hope I can write toward my interests. But poets should be afraid of too fluidly responding to what they're interested in.

I believe rhythmic sensibility is always a product and extension of language, defined broadly, among other things. But it is an immediate product and extension - no time elapses between the exposure to language and the creation of rhythmic sensibility.

I wanted to be a composer for a while, and for a while, and maybe still, I found writing music much easier than writing poetry. So maybe my brain clings to it.

I think I cause a lot of headaches for editors - it's impossible to keep up with the ridiculous amount of changes I make.

I learned to write with my desk in the living room, next to the TV. But mostly in my head, and I try to be able to do it under any circumstances.