In my books I never portray violence as a reasonable solution to a problem. If the lead characters in the story are driven to it it's at the extreme end of their experience.
If we really want to be full and generous in spirit we have no choice but to...
The poetry that sustains me is when I feel that for a minute the clouds...
I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the...
There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the...
Instead of trying to come up and pontificate on what literature is you need...
Have you ever heard a good joke? If you've ever heard someone just right...
I try to show what it is about language and music that enthralls because I...
Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.
My father is a chemist my mother was a homemaker. My parents instilled in us...
Without imagination we can go nowhere. And imagination is not restricted to...
You have to imagine it possible before you can see something. You can have...
What is ironic is that Allen Ginsberg's importance was in its twilight for so...
I thought after the Pulitzer at least nothing will surprise me quite that...
One definition of eternity is that we are not alone on this planet that...
I was apprehensive. I feared every time I talked about poetry it would be...
