I remember reading Paul Fussell my first year teaching at U of Hawai'i and being like, oh, it has a turn! Why didn't anyone tell me?

I'm sort of annoyed that some very basic things about poetic forms were not conveyed to me in the various poetry courses I took over the years.

I was told over and over the poetry in forms was "conservative" but there was no analysis of why this was so.

Genre/forms are institutional questions mainly. Like matter to MFA programs in terms of which workshop you can teach.

Culture is religion externalized.

She sighed and looked at him sympathetically. 'Cool flame tricks aside, there's no competition.'He lifted his eyebrow. 'Library wins?''Every single time.

To call you my critic is to call you my friend.

Work and love-these are the basics. Without them there is neurosis.

Resolve to be a master of change rather than a victim of change.

When you know yourself that you've come through preparation injury free and you've done everything, you've done the work in the gym and the rounds of sparring, it fills you with confidence.

But the music business is no more about truth on the outside of the Christian ghetto than it is on the inside.

As I get older, it's a time to enjoy life.

Come, my love, we have oceans to sail.

A good idea turns every cog in your mind, making you scared of bed in case the whole machine grinds to a halt.