I once saw a picture in the paper of John Hegley with 'poet' written on his knuckles, and I thought that was pretty cool, so I was quite up front about it.

Now that I've had a book published, it is quite validating, but a bit embarrassing.

It's cool to be in the paper every once in awhile and people read about you and they know who you are.

I am pondering the paper cut on my knuckle. This is not an education. I am in daycare.

It takes a lot of energy and creativity to make such screwed up lives carry on. And the kind of will people have to survive, year after year, dealing with that stuff, is weirdly impressive.

The part an actor played on stage was once written on a separate roll of paper.