My gut was always that if I taught students poetry, I would give too much of myself to them and have nothing left. — Victoria Chang Copy Share Image
I've always felt alone and isolated, and living on the West Coast, there's no poetry community out here, and if there is, it's really spread out - because it's LA, it's spread out. — Victoria Chang Copy Share Image
I think my way of being "funny" is just saying things that people think but have learned not to say, whereas, I haven't learned… — Victoria Chang Copy Share Image
I've always just liked writing poetry, but it's much later that I've discovered that there's this whole poetry world out there, that you almost… — Victoria Chang Copy Share Image
Having children can be such a gift, but it can be a crushing experience for a certain kind of mom. And I am that… — Victoria Chang Copy Share Image
I've always done things that were good for me, whether they were viewed as being as prestigious or whatever. — Victoria Chang Copy Share Image
I just didn't want any order in anything. I have to leave an ordered life for them - the kids - and my job.… — Victoria Chang Copy Share Image
I think my brain is full of collisions and that's how I like to read and process information. I'm always comparing things and I… — Victoria Chang Copy Share Image
There's an attraction to emotional clusters or hypocrisies or awkwardness. A desire to expose something or point at something that's already poking out. — Victoria Chang Copy Share Image
I love when I meet generous poets, and generous meaning nice people, who give to the poetry community, who do interviews, read other people's… — Victoria Chang Copy Share Image
I question my own talent and ability to make creative work every single day. — Victoria Chang Copy Share Image
My life all-around is really different than a lot of other poets. Not poets that are parents, too, but just that I can hardly… — Victoria Chang Copy Share Image
My gut was always that if I taught students poetry, I would give too much of myself to them and have nothing left. — Victoria Chang Copy Share Image
