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Eileen Myles quotes: I'm a poet born in the era of Andy Warhol and a generation that wanted to be famous.

I'm a poet born in the era of Andy Warhol and a generation that wanted to be famous.

Eileen Myles quotes: Women aren't physically afraid of men; women are genetically afraid of men. It's happened for such a long time.

Women aren't physically afraid of men; women are genetically afraid of men. It's happened for such a long time.

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

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

Eileen Myles quotes: Older men get lovable, and older women get monstrous.

Older men get lovable, and older women get monstrous.

Eileen Myles quotes: The most exciting thing is to read a poem out loud for the first time.

The most exciting thing is to read a poem out loud for the first time.

Eileen Myles quotes: It's a big statement if you use the word 'America' in the title of your poem.

It's a big statement if you use the word 'America' in the title of your poem.

Eileen Myles quotes: Fred Moten is a poet I really love because he changes who is telling the poem all the time.

Fred Moten is a poet I really love because he changes who is telling the poem all the time.

Eileen Myles quotes: I'm using my degree. You know, I studied English and American literature in college, and now I'm an American poet.

I'm using my degree. You know, I studied English and American literature in college, and now I'm an American poet.

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

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

Eileen Myles quotes: I've had a lifelong waiting-for-the-other-shoe-to-drop feeling when something good happens.

I've had a lifelong waiting-for-the-other-shoe-to-drop feeling when something good happens.

Eileen Myles quotes: Sometimes in utter hopelessness I put my cheek on the table like it was someone. I wanted to wake my brain up and be loved.

Sometimes in utter hopelessness I put my cheek on the table like it was someone. I wanted to wake my brain up and be loved.

Eileen Myles quotes: And how are your teeth tonight?Can you afford to fix them?

And how are your teeth tonight?
Can you afford to fix them?

Eileen Myles quotes: If boys were always trying to get in girls' pants, what did they want? What could the girls give them? Pee it seemed to me was an appropriate gift.

If boys were always trying to get in girls' pants, what did they want? What could the girls give them? Pee it seemed to me was an appropriate gift.

Eileen Myles quotes: As a human being, I'm kind of a cheery melancholic. I have energy; I'm happy.

As a human being, I'm kind of a cheery melancholic. I have energy; I'm happy.

Eileen Myles quotes: Everybody loved me running for president in '91 and '92 because they never knew a presidential candidate before.

Everybody loved me running for president in '91 and '92 because they never knew a presidential candidate before.

Eileen Myles quotes: Time passes. That's for sure.

Time passes. That's for sure.

Eileen Myles quotes: Lyndon Johnson, I know for a fact, was a great president. And I don't mean by that he was a great man.

Lyndon Johnson, I know for a fact, was a great president. And I don't mean by that he was a great man.

Eileen Myles quotes: The poet is like the wise fool or like a version of the stand-up, because we're standing, we're doing stand-up. That's exactly what we're doing.

The poet is like the wise fool or like a version of the stand-up, because we're standing, we're doing stand-up. That's exactly what we're doing.

Eileen Myles quotes: When we have relationships with animals, we often make up who they are.

When we have relationships with animals, we often make up who they are.

Eileen Myles quotes: I thought 'Chelsea Girls' was going to change my life.

I thought 'Chelsea Girls' was going to change my life.

Eileen Myles quotes: Poetry and novels are lists of our devotions. We love the feel of making the marks as the feelings are rising and falling.

Poetry and novels are lists of our devotions. We love the feel of making the marks as the feelings are rising and falling.

Eileen Myles quotes: 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 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.

Eileen Myles quotes: 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.

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 quotes: 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.

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.

Eileen Myles quotes: I wake up with a sense of wonder. I don't dread the future. I like it.

I wake up with a sense of wonder. I don't dread the future. I like it.

Eileen Myles quotes: Poetry always, always, always is a key piece of democracy.

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

Eileen Myles quotes: Poetry is my politics. It's an opportunity that gives me a way to speak.

Poetry is my politics. It's an opportunity that gives me a way to speak.

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

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

Eileen Myles quotes: Part of the glamour of being a poet was always this long reach into the future. You knew you were managing time.

Part of the glamour of being a poet was always this long reach into the future. You knew you were managing time.

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

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

Eileen Myles quotes: Already I know it will hurt this is the hurt country

Already I know it will hurt this is the hurt country

Eileen Myles quotes: I always aimed at being a legend.

I always aimed at being a legend.

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

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

Eileen Myles quotes: The bag I wanted was beyond reason - something to hold my poems, twice as big as the universe and it must be androgynous.

The bag I wanted was beyond reason - something to hold my poems, twice as big as the universe and it must be androgynous.

Eileen Myles quotes: I tend to view my life as an accident, almost as a dream.

I tend to view my life as an accident, almost as a dream.

Eileen Myles quotes: A vote should be generative, not like business as usual, which is what voting feels like for most of us.

A vote should be generative, not like business as usual, which is what voting feels like for most of us.

Eileen Myles quotes: I really just love reading. It's my favorite thing, performing my poems live. Reading by reading, I just kind of follow my nose.

I really just love reading. It's my favorite thing, performing my poems live. Reading by reading, I just kind of follow my nose.

Eileen Myles quotes: Urban nature is like living with mass conditions. It sometimes feels like a myth & you are its scribe.

Urban nature is like living with mass conditions. It sometimes feels like a myth & you are its scribe.

Eileen Myles quotes: I'm proud that I've never stopped writing about being poor.

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

Eileen Myles quotes: If there is something I will always carry in my heart it is this earnest unwillingness to be part of the bunch,

If there is something I will always carry in my heart it is this earnest unwillingness to be part of the bunch,

Eileen Myles quotes: Evolution is not an even process. There are surges, and there are micromoments. Certainly a career as an artist is that way.

Evolution is not an even process. There are surges, and there are micromoments. Certainly a career as an artist is that way.

Eileen Myles quotes: I didn't know how to write a novel, so I sort of let it happen in waves. The only way I could write it was to think like scenes in

I didn't know how to write a novel, so I sort of let it happen in waves. The only way I could write it was to think like scenes in a movie.

Eileen Myles quotes: I made myself into a poet because it was the first thing I really loved. It was an act of will.

I made myself into a poet because it was the first thing I really loved. It was an act of will.

Eileen Myles quotes: I'd like to sit down with Hillary Clinton onstage and ask her about Glass Steagall and all the big banks and her own campaign contributions.

I'd like to sit down with Hillary Clinton onstage and ask her about Glass Steagall and all the big banks and her own campaign contributions.

Eileen Myles quotes: As things get worse, poetry gets better because it becomes more necessary.

As things get worse, poetry gets better because it becomes more necessary.

Eileen Myles quotes: I am always hungry and wanting to have sex. This is a fact.

I am always hungry and wanting to have sex. This is a fact.

Eileen Myles quotes: With Instagram, you're captioning a moment. Twitter is the caption without the image. Even if it's there, the words come first.

With Instagram, you're captioning a moment. Twitter is the caption without the image. Even if it's there, the words come first.

Eileen Myles quotes: People loved to talk about how Frank O'Hara didn't really care about getting published. That doesn't jibe with my experience.

People loved to talk about how Frank O'Hara didn't really care about getting published. That doesn't jibe with my experience.