tasteistheenemyofcreativity asked: this could be easy or this could be tough, i've read a bit of your stuff and i'd think its one of the beats but-- favorite poet?
I have two favorite poets- Dylan Thomas and TS Eliot. If you want to know the truth, I do read poetry …but I read song lyrics more. I just bought the M83 album, Hurry Up …We’re Dreaming and I had downloaded it a some time ago, but wanted to read the lyrics in the book. I also like reading dialogue …everything from screenplays to interviews. I don’t know if reading a ton of poetry will make you a good poet …I think you have to read a smattering of different things …but also actually get out there and get into trouble, fall into and out of love, feel things…everything from excitement to sorrow. Above all of it, if you’re going to be an artist of any kind, you have to pay specific mind to people. I used to write other people off as background players in my play or my movie …it wasn’t until I started seeing how inherently important each person is- from the best people and friends you have to the people you dislike the most…that I started feeling confident enough to write anything at all, even just in private.
