I am tortured when I am away from my family, from my children. I am horribly guilt-ridden.
“You do not become a critic until it has been completely established to your own satisfaction that you cannot be a poet.”
“America feels like home as much as it does here. Although it's a strange situation as I feel almost like I'm in no-man's land some of the time, because although I'm a resident, I still can't vote so I don't really have a say in what goes on where I live.”