A family is a mystery.

I was a late bloomer. But anyone who blooms at all, ever, is very lucky.

The teaching is very rewarding, and very time-consuming, and very exhausting. But it's wonderful. The community here at NYU is very precious to me.

.. to a poet, the human community is like the community of birds to a bird, singing to each other. Love is one of the reasons we are singing to one another, love of language itself, love of sound, love of singing itself, and love of the other birds.

Well, one thing I'm really interested in, when I'm writing, is being accurate.

I did not deceive him, he did not deceive me, I did not leave him, he did not leave me, I freed him, he freed me.

Seeing yourself as responsible for the quality of your relationship, as a prime mover in your life, I think is a bold, amazing step.