My friends never talk to me about my poetry because they're embarrassed that I write it or they're embarrassed by what I write about which are not such extraordinarily terrifying things, but they are the state of human existence.
I think if you're a competent actor with a good imagination, and if it's on the page, it makes your job a lot easier.
What we actually learn, from any given set of circumstances, determines whether we become increasingly powerless or more powerful.

