I've never thought about the con of living in New York as a writer. Because I always think, Oh, what fun to be around so many writers. Because I've never been around so many writers.

It took me awhile to not be ashamed to be a poet in the business environment, and to be a business person in the poet environment.

There's so much stuff being written! Every year, how many books come out? I can't keep up, and I read a lot. It's amazing.

I think I've always felt very isolated, and I'm sure lots of poets do.

Our lives are short and everything sort of regresses to the mean.

Sometimes I feel like I'm on top of the world, and other mornings I feel like crap.

I'm a total bottoms-up kind of person. I like things to bubble up.