“I've always used poetry to explain myself to myself. These things just...” — Jonathan Galassi Quote

“I've always used poetry to explain myself to myself. These things just sat in my psyche and then came out.”

“Writing is inherently scary.”

“There's an old saw about journalism that the more you know about a subject, the less sense reporting about it makes.”

“I dabbled in writing, wrote really bad poetry in high school. I also took a few writing classes when I was an undergrad at Stanford. I was so intimidated.”

“To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the music the words make.”

“Always be a poet, even in prose.”