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.

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.

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.

I've read a lot more than most of the people that I know, except for one of my really close friends reads way more than I do.

I am always reading, always, and tons of things at once. I wouldn't say I'm a voracious reader, though. I never finish books that fast, because I'm always reading so many things at once.

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

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.