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.

I do think that given my background as a poet, and also I work in a different field, you're sort of neither here nor there.

I definitely have favorite books by favorite poets, but poets' books also vary. I could like some books, but not like another book.

We're all just a part of this large, spiraling, constantly fluid hierarchy and changing. At some points in your life, you feel crushed by that, depending on who you come in contact with.

My life all-around is really different than a lot of other poets. Not poets that are parents, too, but just that I can hardly find anyone who works in the industries that I've worked in.

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 feel like I give myself all day long to other people and other things, and I still seem like I have something to write once in awhile. Not often, though.