Mail Quotes by Victoria Chang

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

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

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

I've always done things that were good for me, whether they were viewed as being as prestigious or whatever.

— Victoria Chang

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

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

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

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

I question my own talent and ability to make creative work every single day.

— Victoria Chang

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

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

I've always wanted editors that actually edited my poems.

— Victoria Chang