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

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 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?

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

Concentrate on a single feature – as, build all toward one eye – make all lines lead toward that eye. (Robert Henri)

I believe that treating other people well is a lost art.

I knew what my job was it was to go out and meet the people and love them.

Speak after the manner of men.

I'm the leading scorer in the cup, and that's lovely, but don't forget this is also a great moment for the whole squad, when the two things coincide you can't ask for more.

You are successful the moment you start moving toward a worthwhile goal.

[Even if the U.S. doesn't attack] Saddam Hussein is not going to survive. His regime is on the verge of implosion.

The purifying influence of public confession springs from the fact, that by it the hope in lies is forever swept away, and the soul recovers the noble attitude of simplicity.

Fishing, with me, has always been an excuse to drink in the daytime

The facts are facts and records are records.