I can't help but go against the grain, I suppose it is in my fabric to be a rule-breaker.

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.

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

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

Sometimes I feel like I'm on top of the world, and other mornings I feel like crap.

In general, I find that poets spend a lot of time thinking about themselves, and not a lot of time thinking about other poets, or other poetry. Unless they think about how it affects them, or how it could impact them.

I am always reading, always, and tons of things at once. I wouldn't say I'm a voracious reader, though. I never finish books that fast, because I'm always reading so many things at once.