Eileen Myles

I love Canada, and I dated someone who was Canadian a few years ago, and she brought me into a deeper understanding of the greatness of the culture.

I'm not against wealth; I just think everybody should have it, same as health.

The poet is like the earth's shadow. The sun moves, and the poet writes something down.

Poetry always, always, always is a key piece of democracy.

Certainly in the arts, in all genres, I think that men should step away. I think men should stop writing books. I think men should stop making movies or television. Say, for 50 to 100 years.

I'm proud that I've never stopped writing about being poor.

I'm the weird poet who has paid her dues in the experimental world for 30 or 40 years.

Who doesn't want to be famous? I am famous. I'm dying to be on TV.

I always aimed at being a legend.

I wasn't afraid of being poor. I didn't want to live in a big house. I'm the perfect size for poetry. I can move around.

The thing about not being historically a mainstream writer is that everyone feels like you're theirs: you're their friend.

I've grown to love Barack Obama. Hillary is no Bernie Sanders. But she's a politician, and she understands Congress. And I think with that kind of twisted beauty, she could lead our country.