Poetry is the one place where people can speak their original human mind. It is the outlet for people to say in public what is known in private.
“There's probably a little greater case for pessimism than optimism. But I do not rule out optimism.”
“I started so slowly and had so few followers and then it kind of sort of snowballed. I still feel an intimacy on Twitter, which I think a lot of us do. It feels intimate, doesn't it? I love it. I never thought I would.”