My Mother Answers All My Fan Mail.

My Mother Had No End Of Tragedy In Her Life. She Would Make Herself Get Up And Take A Deep Breath And Go Out And Do Laundry. Hang Up Sheets.

I Don't Feel That Censorship Keeps Me From Doing The Work, Though. I'm My Bigger Censor.

When I Was Younger, I Felt It Was My Duty To Wake People Up. I Thought Poetry Was Asleep. I Thought Rock 'n' Roll Was Asleep.

People Need Space To Air Out Their Thoughts, To Have A Sense Of Themselves - Unfettered By Anything.

Sometimes You Have To Abandon Your Own Children For Other Children.