Whether people like your work or not, but it's also based on a lot of other things - geography, who you happen to connect with and where they sit in that ladder - and all of that felt really isolating… — 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
