I'm a total bottoms-up kind of person. I like things to bubble up.

People who are too uptight make me nervous.

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'm a total bottoms-up kind of person. I like things to bubble up.

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.

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

I question my own talent and ability to make creative work every single day.