Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.
I just sort of write the book I feel like writing given the emotional place I am in my life at the time.
I think the best thing an artist can do is not hang out with other artists. I really dislike hanging out with musicians, for the most part, except for a few select friends, because I don't like to talk about music all the time.

