“Poetry, more than any other form of writing, unites writer and reader on an intimate level. In my poetry, I try to connect one-to-one with the reader. Even at readings, my goal is to have everyone feel like I am talking individually with just that singular person instead of an audience, hoping to create the sense of the two of us sitting off to the side, in an intimate space, sharing something personal, honest, and sacred together.”

“Film and play writing comes naturally to me. It’s dialogue and image based – a blend of conversations between characters and physical images. It’s out loud. The story is auditory and visual. I have a form of dyslexia that makes words only connect in sound and images. For me to comprehend the written word, I must give it a voice and image. What is on the page must become a character I see and hear, or else I cannot comprehend what is written. This obstacle that left me functionally illiterate until my early 20’s, in the end, became the gift that turned me into a natural play and film writer. “