I think my brain is full of collisions and that's how I like to read and process information. I'm always comparing things and I think I do that subconsciously when I'm reading books of poetry.

I think e-mail and social media and all that has made me feel way less isolated than ever before.

I do think that given my background as a poet, and also I work in a different field, you're sort of neither here nor there.

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'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.

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.