I often pose questions to myself and want the answers. The questions may be psychological or emotional. Or they may involve botany or [...] physiology. [...] I am very curious about strangers I observe - as in a bus line. I am very attached to finding out answers.

I am basically the sort of person who has stage-fright teaching. I kind of creep into a classroom. I'm not an anecdote-teller, either, although I often wish I were.

I think a lot of what goes into writing can be taught - not mixing metaphors, etc.

Do what you want to do, and don't worry if it's a little odd or doesn't fit the market.

Because I'm not writing all the time (thank goodness), my mind is sometimes pleasantly blank.

No one is calling me. I can’t check the answering machine because I have been here all this time. If I go out, someone may call while I’m out. Then I can check the answering machine when I come back in.

Part of my mind is working on how to end the thing while I'm going on. You need at least two brains to write.