Well I've been writing books. So that, by its nature, is kind of a solitary occupation. And from time to time I have research help, but mostly I've done those completely on my own.

Poetry is really a way of sharing feelings and ideas.

The happiest years of my mother's life were spent in Washington, D.C. It was where she met my father, where John was born and where I spent my earliest years.

Well there's nobody who has a more supportive husband than I do, and he has a business that he runs, and it's his own business, so he has work to do, my kids have school to do, I mean, people have - there are other things in life besides politics.

Growing up in politics I know that women decide all elections because we do all the work.

To the extent that we are all educated and informed, we will be more equipped to deal with the gut issues that tend to divide us.

The biggest problem is people are afraid of poetry, think they can't understand it or that it will be boring.