If I had been a good student and an achiever, I might have been excited by a more systematic approach to writing than what I do. Eileen Myles achieverapproachexcite Change image and share on social
To be a poet, it's a challenge to do it in poverty, to do it in wealth. To do it in the academy, to do it in a relationship where you're happy. Everything changes the game. To do it in the awkward state of love, despair, dying. You just have to work it. Eileen Myles academyawkwardchallenge share on social
Dogs are a companion species. It's about time - you have an animal for about 15, 16 years, a generation. That time holds so much. You might have had five or six relationships with human beings but one dog. Eileen Myles animalbeingcompanion share on social
The poet is like the earth's shadow. The sun moves, and the poet writes something down. Eileen Myles earthmovepoet Change image and share on social
I've had a lifelong waiting-for-the-other-shoe-to-drop feeling when something good happens. Eileen Myles dropfeltgood Change image and share on social
Living in literature and love is the best thing there is. You're always home. Eileen Myles homeliteraturelive Change image and share on social
Literature is love. I think it went like this: drawings in the cave, sounds in the cave, songs in the cave, songs about us. Later, stories about us. Eileen Myles cavedrawingliterature Change image and share on social
Weirdly, the past starts to be about something else. It becomes about style in a way that it wasn't about, and I don't mean writing style, but cultural style. Eileen Myles culturalpaststart Change image and share on social
Sunday is a likely day to write a poem. Because poetry is a piece of language flying around: you'll find notebooks, something on your phone. It's about finding them and getting them off that crumpled piece of paper and onto my computer. Eileen Myles computercrumpleday share on social
Everybody loved me running for president in '91 and '92 because they never knew a presidential candidate before. Eileen Myles candidateknowlove Change image and share on social
