Remember, We Are Mortal, But Poetry Is

New York Is The Thing That Seduced Me. New York Is The Thing That Formed Me. New York Is The Thing That Deformed Me. New York Is The Thing That Perverted Me. New York Is The Thing That Converted Me. And New York Is The Thing That I Love Too.

My Mother Loved Rock And Roll. She Loved High-energy Music.

Most Women Writers Don't Interest Me Because They're Hung Up With Being A Woman, They're Hung Up With Being Jewish, They're Hung Up With Being Somebody Or Other. Rather Than Just Going, Just Spurting, Just Creating.

There's Nothing Cool About Being Self-destructive.

I Dreamed Of Having A Book Of My Own, Of Writing One That I Could Put On A Shelf.