Many poets write books. They'll tell you: Well, I've got my next book, but there are two poems I need to write, one about x, one about y. This is a wonder to me.

We're all taking on too much, we're all asking too much of ourselves. We're all wishing we could do more, and therefore just doing more.

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

So I did quit coffee and I did quit smoking. But I haven't managed that with drinking!

A family is a mystery.

I have learned to get pleasure from speaking of pain

Once you lose someone it is never exactly the same person who comes back.