I like the way words go together and I like the gamesmanship of writing poetry. It is such a challenge.

If you have a craftsman's command of the language and basic writing techniques you'll be able to write - as long as you know what you want to say

But one does not make living writing poetry unless you're a professor, and one frankly doesn't get a lot of girls as a poet.

She was reflecting back on a truth she had learned over the years: that people heard what they wanted to hear, saw what they wanted, believed what they wanted.

When it comes time to write the book itself I'll shut the lights out, picture the scene I'm about to write then close my eyes and go at it. Yes, I can touch type.

And life changes. Maybe just a little, maybe a lot. And at some point, it just isn't worth the fight to fix it.

I think a lot of young aspiring writers get misdirected; they think 'I ought to write this, even though I enjoy reading that'. What you have to do is write what you enjoy reading.