At the heart of my life is the idea that I don't ever want anything to ever change. That's the basic tenet.

I wanted many of the poems to have long legs. At first I was calling them clothespin poems, before I knew what I was doing. The lines seem pulled on either end, tight and taut against the wind.

Poetry is the skin that I have between my body and the world's body.

I want a poem which is made of compression, passion, precision, symmetry, & disruption.

That's what interests me in poetry. That withholding, that white space, the pressure, and my long-term faith in violent concision, is still with me.

I am fascinated with criminal law because it is as rigorous as a poem and because it is based on what has been written down even before one has committed a crime.

I came to poetry because I felt I couldn't live properly in the real world.

Every thing is changing every minute.

Confession may well be a dirty word in poetry.

Humans are supposed to evaluate their lives.

Is there any good news?' Tesla

I only come out for food.

I find it very hard to believe that people would prefer an awkward picture with me than a normal conversation.

A kindness received should be returned with a freer hand.

Your eyes smile peace.

Girl they love me like I'm Prince, like the new kid with the crown. Bunch of underground kings, thought you knew how we get down.

I really want to fall in love.

The ones that make it complicated never get congratulated

Tis better to have love and lust Than to let our apparatus rust.