"Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?"

"To live in this world, you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go"

"As a child, what captivated me was reading the poems myself and realizing that there was a world without material substance which was nevertheless as alive as any other."

"My first two books are out of print and, okay, they can sleep there comfortably. It's early work, derivative work."

"Writers sometimes give up what is most strange and wonderful about their writing - soften their roughest edges - to accommodate themselves toward a group response."

"I simply do not distinguish between work and play."

"Poetry isn't a profession, it's a way of life. It's an empty basket; you put your life into it and make something out of that."

... you'll automatically be making a donation to The Acumen Fund, working to solve global poverty.

Doesn't that feel good?