Part of the glamour of being a poet was always this long reach into the future. You knew you were managing time.

Time passes. That's for sure.

Listen, I have been educated. I have learned about Western Civilization. Do you know What the message of Western Civilization is? I am alone.

Poetry is my politics. It's an opportunity that gives me a way to speak.

Urban nature is like living with mass conditions. It sometimes feels like a myth & you are its scribe.

The poet is like the wise fool or like a version of the stand-up, because we're standing, we're doing stand-up. That's exactly what we're doing.

I always think of childhood as the inarticulate moment, and you have your little camera. You were filming it, recording it, you just didn't know how to speak it.

Women aren't physically afraid of men; women are genetically afraid of men. It's happened for such a long time.

I'm a poet born in the era of Andy Warhol and a generation that wanted to be famous.

Art feels like it has this frame, and it's either outside or inside.

People love discovering you. The thing about not being historically a mainstream writer is that everyone feels like you're theirs, you're their friend.

Beauty can be treacherous.

My thoughts are the dance of my consciousness on the stage of my mind.

Life's journey is one big path with series of events. All these events are connected.

Relaxation and anxiety are incompatible responses that cannot coexist.

Never wrestle with pigs. You get dirty and they enjoy it.

Bop is at the end of the road. Now everybody wants dance music.

Over the years, we have lost millions of decent paying jobs. These trade agreements have forced wages down in America so the average worker in America today is working longer hours for lower wages.

A gourmet can tell from the flavor whether a woodcock's leg is the one on which the bird is accustomed to roost.

So vast is that Being that there's enough room for every sensation to have its momentary play.

I can see the greed and envy in your eyes.