To be anywhere near an enormous ocean liner when you are just like a fish in the water is frightening.
“When I finished my residency in New Orleans, I went to L.A. where I would work as a doctor during the day, and then at night I would actually go to The Improv and do standup, all the while kind of cultivating my comedy resume.”
“I am a guest of the French language. My poems in French are born of my interaction with the French language, which is not the same as that of a French poet.”