When you teach, it's sometimes necessary to consciously not write for a month or two - and then pick a time in the future to sink back in. It makes you less frustrated and more in control. I do best when I give myself breaks and come back hungry.
When I teach, I try to assign writers from whom I can learn.
I'll write about California someday, I imagine, but I don't know when.
I'm always relearning things I thought I'd learned for good a while back.
One good thing the teaching has given me is the ability to read and revise my own work.
I tend to listen to my friends and family empathetically, and I try to help work through their problems from the inside. I try to adopt their thinking.