Our lives are short and everything sort of regresses to the mean.

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've never thought about the con of living in New York as a writer. Because I always think, Oh, what fun to be around so many writers. Because I've never been around so many writers.

I've always wanted editors that actually edited my poems.

My life all-around is really different than a lot of other poets. Not poets that are parents, too, but just that I can hardly find anyone who works in the industries that I've worked in.

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

There's so much stuff being written! Every year, how many books come out? I can't keep up, and I read a lot. It's amazing.