and when they pulled her from the wreck, you know, she still had on her shades

You almost have to create situations in order to write about them, so I live in a constant state of self-imposed poverty. I don't want to live any other way.

I don't like the stigma that comes with being called a poet . . . So I call what I'm doing an improvisational adventure or an inebriational travelogue.

We have a deficit of wonder right now.

You want soldiers who, when they get to a river after a long march, don't start rooting for their canteen in their pack, but just dive right in.

I was always laughing in church.

I never told the truth so i can never tell a lie.