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

I've always felt alone and isolated, and living on the West Coast, there's no poetry community out here, and if there is, it's really spread out - because it's LA, it's spread out.

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

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.

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.

Most of my writing friends are working in academia. Most of my business school friends are always talking about bringing companies public, and money, and making money, and lots and lots of money. It's just a different environment.