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" The only job that ever really worked for me was teaching because you are your own master once you get into the room. You just have to show up on time and talk about what you care about. "

Eileen Myles

Job

Care

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Eileen Myles

I Am

Famous

" 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

Writing

Good

" If you have a dog, and you're a person whose moods are constantly changing, there's a moment when you look at the dog, and you feel bad for them because they're attached to you, and so it's funny for the dog to vocalize those things in some ways. "

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

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Eileen Myles

Future

Sense

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

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

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

Eileen Myles

Friend

Everyone

" The first time I voted, I voted for Eugene McCarthy and I knew he wouldn't win, but it felt so great to vote for him, to vote for the right guy - the one who wanted peace. "

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

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" 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. "

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" In my family, I'm the middle of three, and I'm like a lot of middle children. I was one of those kids that floated from group to group. I liked being able to be included in all the groups - the bad kids, the smart kids. "

" When I'm writing the poem, I feel like I have to close my eyes. I don't mean literally, but you invite a kind of blindness, and that's the birth of the poem. "