I have a plot, but not much happens.

I like all my children, even the squat and ugly ones.

I sometimes talk about the making of a poem within the poem.

I've never read a political poem that's accomplished anything. Poetry makes things happen, but rarely what the poet wants.

For a Jewish Puritan of the middle class, the novel is serious, the novel is work, the novel is conscientious application why, the novel is practically the retail business all over again.

I do insist on making what I hope is sense so there's always a coherent narrative or argument that the reader can follow.

Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time.