93 Quotes by Eileen Myles

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

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 was like the family clown. The middle child entertaining. I was a lousy student, but interestingly, the nuns always let me write plays or do drawings, endless special projects.

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.

In Arlington, people would laugh at you if you tried to get people to look at your drawings or listen to your poetry. It was like you thought you were special.

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

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

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

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