I'm Alternatingly Brilliant And Witless-and

Poetry Dovetails Contradictions.

I Think There Is Something About Coming To A City To Work That Puts You In Touch With It In A Different Way.

Everyone Thinks They're Going To Write One Book Of Poems Or One Novel.

I Lived In The Studio Apartment That I Bought For Four Years Before I Bought It In 1989, So I Was Already In It. I Began Living There In 1985, So I've Had The Same Address And Phone Number Since Then.

I've Been An Inveterate Reader Of Literary Magazines Since I Was A Teenager. There Are Always Discoveries. You're Sitting In Your Easy Chair, Reading; You Realize You've Read A Story Or A Group Of Poems Four Times, And You Know, Yes, I Want To Go Farther With This Writer.