Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline.
There's only one growth strategy: work hard.
There's no regret. You can't regret. I mean I've felt regret but I've also...
I don't think American poetry has gotten any better in the past 35 years. Oddly enough creative writing programs seem to have been good for fiction and I would not have predicted that.
