I've always liked language and been a big reader. I always loved books as objects. My favorite time of year as a child was September when we'd go buy all kinds of notebooks and pens and markers for school. I think I wanted to be a writer just so I'd be able to fill up all those pages.

In a machine, every part has a function. In a poem, every word needs to be there.

I think the more stability a person has, the more they can follow esoteric or intellectual pursuits.

Technology sounds quick and easy, but it ends up taking up too much of your time.

I can appreciate the idea that with e-books more people would publish, the work would be easier to disseminate, and that it could even be interactive. Being a lover of photography, I especially like the idea that you could include lots of pictures - full-color pictures - with your writing. That to me is exciting! We'll all have to stay tuned to see what develops.

I like to look at the interface between words and pictures and wonder about which comes first, a sort of chicken-or-egg type of question.

When I think of someone equating poems and machines, it makes me feel like that person would like poems to have a more obvious use value in society. They're not happy with poetry being this ephemeral, indefinable thing. They want it to be "real."