I always wanted to be pretty as a girl, although I believed it was not possible.

Writing a poem is unwriting a knot, like untying a shoelace that is clubbing your foot.

New formalism is writing with language as flow, like the flow from a dam, running through a desert that has had no rain for decades.

Poetry must speak of others, in order to speak for the poet's imagination, in order to speak of itself; it is slowed down by poetics after its flight is over.

As I grew older - and even when I was younger - it had puzzled me why I continued and continue to be heterosexual.

Poetry has roots, but they are sometimes cut off and still poetry is written.

At a certain point, the struggles with teaching and mothering and so on and so forth, those decline, those lessen.

I'm in my 60s, and a cancer scare just makes you more aware of mortality.

Working women went through a time when they believed that.

[My muse] she's impatient with me, because I don't do what I should do: sit down and write.

Agency over one's sexual self - and the articulation of that kind of agency - might seem transgressive to readers who don't expect it in a woman's text.

I would rather have 1 amazing best friend than 100 decent regular friends. It's not about quantity, it's about quality.

Music that gentlier on the spirit lies, Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes.

You have to renew your mind with positive thoughts daily.

Don't worry about where you are. Watch the first derivative.

I wait for the morning of my tears

I could look in everyone's faces and see them reflecting on how much time has passed and all the things we went through.

A Facebook message will never be able to replace face-to-face interaction.

If there are not too many value stocks that I can find, the market isn't all that cheap.

Examine the labels you apply to yourself. Every label is a boundary or limit you will not let yourself cross.

When you find out a man's ruling passion, beware of crossing him in it.