A Good Poem Is Like A Bouillon

In Working On A Poem, I Love To Revise. Lots Of Younger Poets Don't Enjoy This, But In The Process Of Revision I Discover Things

The Library Is An Arena Of Possibility, Opening Both A Window Into The Soul And A Door Onto The World.

Under Adversity, Under Oppression, The Words Begin To Fail, The Easy Words Begin To Fail. In Order To Convey Things Accurately, The Human Being Is Almost Forced To Find The Most Precise Words Possible, Which Is A Precondition For Literature.

I Wish Someone Had Told Me That My Stories Are Really Mine To Tell. In Other Words, Anything That I Think Is Important Or That Has Moved Me Has The Ability To Move Somebody Else.

I Always Loved Science. And In Fact, I Got A Science Award In High School. I Mean, I Loved Science, But I Think I Loved Literature More.