I love being part of poetry conversations. I love talking about what I've read.

In general, I find that poets spend a lot of time thinking about themselves, and not a lot of time thinking about other poets, or other poetry. Unless they think about how it affects them, or how it could impact them.

I think my way of being "funny" is just saying things that people think but have learned not to say, whereas, I haven't learned not to say them.

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.

I think being a poet, period, is isolating.

My gut was always that if I taught students poetry, I would give too much of myself to them and have nothing left.

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