I tend to be a pretty spacey and scattered person, so anything that makes me feel "grounded" comes as a welcome relief..

I can appreciate the idea that with e-books more people would publish, the work would be easier to disseminate, and that it could even be interactive….

I tend to like poems that are short as well as funny. I love Joe Brainard and Aram Saroyan. And I think their sense of humor and minimalist approach ….

The earth has always supported me in all my endeavors. I trust it..

I don't like speed. I would have made a terrible Futurist. Even when I did take drugs, I never liked amphetamines and much preferred the slow taffy-p….

When I shut off the verbal, I like to escape into the visual..

In Chicago, if you tell someone you're a writer, they look at you suspiciously - as if to say "yeah, right." In New York, people don't question the i….

The inner and outer, the visible and invisible, the abstract and concrete - you've got to get the balance right (not that I do, but it's something to….

I like to look at the interface between words and pictures and wonder about which comes first, a sort of chicken-or-egg type of question..

In the past things were either in your head (subjective, imaginary, fantasy) or else they were part of the outside world - cold, hard, concrete mater….

I wonder if books become in essence "files" if people wouldn't write them differently. I'm used to writing print books and I enjoy the slowness of th….

What I like best about teaching is that it allows me to explore my own interest with a group..

I think the more stability a person has, the more they can follow esoteric or intellectual pursuits..

I never liked the philosophy that you can have everything and be everything and that something is wrong if you don't want that. I'm terrible at multi….

There are fewer and fewer philosophies that everyone subscribes to. We don't seem to have as many beliefs in common as we used to. Also, we interact ….

I don't write every day, but if I go more than a couple of months without writing, I begin to get a little nervous. I usually have bursts of poems. F….

I've always liked language and been a big reader. I always loved books as objects. My favorite time of year as a child was September when we'd go buy….

It's my experience that people write better when they feel at ease and free to experiment, rather than being in a competitive, hypercritical atmosphe….

Technology sounds quick and easy, but it ends up taking up too much of your time..

I can never plan out what direction my poems will take in terms of either form or content. I wish I could but it doesn't work that way for me. If I t….

In a machine, every part has a function. In a poem, every word needs to be there..