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

Everyone always says that having kids is messy and sloppy. It's true, but you as a parent have to try to bring some boundaries and control over that experience, or you'd have out-of-control kids.

I think being a poet, period, is isolating.

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

Sometimes people ask me to do stuff in New York, like "Can you read at this thing?" And I say, "Nooo, I can't just get on a plane with these two screaming children - I can't just get rid of them on such short notice and take vacation and fly over to New York."

I was sort of obsessed about corporate people committing suicide.

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.