Diane Wakoski

High and low culture come together in all Post Modern art, and American poetry is not excluded from this.

Sometimes the archaism of the language when it's spoken is why we are all in love with the Irish today.

American poetry, like American painting, is always personal with an emphasis on the individuality of the poet.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.

Australians and the British are very similar: If you try and stand out in any way, and you try to reach for success, someone is gonna be there to cut you down.