I am always reading, always, and tons of things at once. I wouldn't say I'm a voracious reader, though. I never finish books that fast, because I'm always reading so many things at once.

I do think that given my background as a poet, and also I work in a different field, you're sort of neither here nor there.

I think my way of being "funny" is just saying things that people think but have learned not to say, whereas, I haven't learned not to say them.

My life all-around is really different than a lot of other poets. Not poets that are parents, too, but just that I can hardly find anyone who works in the industries that I've worked in.

Sometimes people ask me to do stuff in New York, like "Can you read at this thing?" And I say, "Nooo, I can't just get on a plane with these two screaming children - I can't just get rid of them on such short notice and take vacation and fly over to New York."

As I published books, I realized, that's not really what I want. I don't care about the books as much anymore. I just want to write poetry.

Having children can be such a gift, but it can be a crushing experience for a certain kind of mom. And I am that certain kind of mom.