Poetry is very crafted. You can't have too many words. It needs compression. It has to be spare, just the right number of words.

For 50 percent of Americans marriage is forever, for the rest of us there is another adventure.

Poetry is very crafted. You can't have too many words. It needs compression. It has to be spare, just the right number of words.

I'm not saying that there's anything better than mated bliss at its best, but I'm saying that living alone is as good in its own way. But we haven't quite given ourselves permission to recognize that.

I love writing. I've always written journals. I loved writing the book on living alone.

I've always supported myself. I like the sense of knowing exactly where I stand financially, but there is a side of me that longs for a knight in shining armor.

The secret of living a full life is to be fully engaged, moment to moment, to have something in your life that engages you so that there's nothing missing.