Sharon Van Etten

I hate putting negative energy out into the world. But it's either inside or out. I mean, it's either get an ulcer or have a fight.

I don't want to bury anything in poetry.

Everything will be okay. I have a sticker on my laptop that says that.

I'm not a morning person: I can't function until I've had a coffee - or several.

I generally don't follow domestic news that much aside from how it relates to the stories I'm covering abroad, like what Americans think of the War in Afghanistan.

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.