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

I think I love humor in poetry, but not that slapstick cheap easy humor, but that uncomfortable, "did she say that out loud?" kind of humor.

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.

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

I've always done things that were good for me, whether they were viewed as being as prestigious or whatever.

People who are too uptight make me nervous.

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.