There'll always be working people in my poems because I grew up with them, and I am a poet of memory.

My mother carried on and supported us; her ambition had been to write poetry and songs.

Back then, I couldn't have left a poem a year and gone back to it.

But I'm too old to be written about as a young poet.

Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind.

I have younger friends who don't work, and they aren't doing so well. My secret is to keep going, keep working.

Angelina Jolie is my style inspiration.

The ups and downs of being a young creative are very real no matter where you are in terms of success, so I think having the courage to be consistent in what you believe in is super admirable.