The fact that I seem to prefer seals over any other animal brides is something I hadn't actually realized until this moment. Perhaps it's because there's a lot of very cool folklore about it.

I love the idea of species fluidity, I guess, the sense of the maiden inherent in the swan or seal, the youth inherent in the bear or deer. After all, human beings are animals.

What was the good of dreaming of adventure if you turned your back on the first one that came your way?

Poetry, for me, conveys the essence of narrative rather than its particulars.

I've always loved stories of animals and birds that can appear to be human, just by taking off their skins or their feathers.

Aren't we most aware of our animal natures when love or hunger or hatred burns through reason and encourages us to do exactly what we desire to do, with frequently tragic results?

I can't rhyme for little green apples. What I can do is scan and make patterns.

Not all animal brides are doomed. Not all men are greedy or violent or possessive.

His mama beat him with an ugly stick so hard, it gone straight on till his soul.

Mam said I was growing up. I felt that I was dying.

With no reason to hide these words I feel, and no reason to talk about the books I read, but still, I do.

May you find grace and power of the Holy Spirit to give you hope for a new life.

Everything under heaven is in utter chaos

I wear dark sunglasses when I want my head to look more like a limousine.

When I'm writing, I am concentrating almost wholly on concrete detail: the color a room is painted, the way a drop of water rolls off a wet leaf after a rain.

Art's greatest efforts are invariably a timid counterfeit of Nature.

You have to react to what's around you in the moment, whatever the music is. Just think of it as some place you have to enter and you need to find the key.

Tenancy laws can be so complicated; I want to make sure OP is protected as much as possible.

I would say that American poetry has always been a poetry of personal testimony.

As I've gotten older and grown more independent, I think for myself, and that's how it should be.