I question my own talent and ability to make creative work every single day.

I was sort of obsessed about corporate people committing suicide.

Having children can be such a gift, but it can be a crushing experience for a certain kind of mom. And I am that certain kind of mom.

I've always done things that were good for me, whether they were viewed as being as prestigious or whatever.

As I published books, I realized, that's not really what I want. I don't care about the books as much anymore. I just want to write poetry.

There's an attraction to emotional clusters or hypocrisies or awkwardness. A desire to expose something or point at something that's already poking out.

I've always just liked writing poetry, but it's much later that I've discovered that there's this whole poetry world out there, that you almost have to be accepted into, like this little club.