“Lineation can make your break your poems.”

“More words DO NOT make a poem bigger!”

“Unfortunately, nothing can protect you from the thoughts in your own head.”

“Your own guilt is your own fault.”

“As we change, our writing changes too. You cannot write the same poem twice. And that's a good thing.”

“Unforgiveness,splinter in your breastbone, lives there lodged like a small tree.Withers in winter, looms in spring. Its fruit is sweet on first bite, then turns into the taste of your own flesh.”

“Be nice to your children. They may grow up to be writers.”