I am always reading, always, and tons of things at once. I wouldn't say I'm a voracious reader, though. I never finish books that fast, because I'm always reading so many things at once.

Most people are trying to go digital, and trying to do different things with poetry. McSweeney's is going in the opposite direction - going more classic, and retro, which is all coming back.

I was sort of obsessed about corporate people committing suicide.

Sometimes I feel like I'm on top of the world, and other mornings I feel like crap.

I can't help but go against the grain, I suppose it is in my fabric to be a rule-breaker.

I think my way of being "funny" is just saying things that people think but have learned not to say, whereas, I haven't learned not to say them.

There's an attraction to emotional clusters or hypocrisies or awkwardness. A desire to expose something or point at something that's already poking out.

I feel like I give myself all day long to other people and other things, and I still seem like I have something to write once in awhile. Not often, though.

I think I've always felt very isolated, and I'm sure lots of poets do.

I think e-mail and social media and all that has made me feel way less isolated than ever before.

It took me awhile to not be ashamed to be a poet in the business environment, and to be a business person in the poet environment.

Gukora icyaha uri wenyine biroroha ariko kuramya Imana wenyine biragora

We will not be disgraced in trouble times. The Lord will deliver us.

Watch out for a man whose enemies keep disappearing.

With age, you get to a place where you don't want to knock people out. You just want to give people a hug.

Ye gods, annihilate but space and time, And make two lovers happy.

Duh! So, we're asking you now, what are some of your favorite lines that this warlock brain produced?

It is impossible to correct abuses unless we know that theyre going on.

I love baking, it's the most calming thing for me. It's therapeutic, it makes the house smell good, and I get to take the goods to my friends. I do it for other people.

You don't like to see hookers going down on players like that.

When discouragement comes, don't stop. Dig deep and fight it through!