People who are too uptight make me nervous.

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

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

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.

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 just didn't want any order in anything. I have to leave an ordered life for them - the kids - and my job. I have to be at my desk at a certain time, and I have to answer e-mails within a certain time period.

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.