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."

I've always done things that were good for me, whether they were viewed as being as prestigious or whatever.

I was sort of obsessed about corporate people committing suicide.

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.

I think I've always felt very isolated, and I'm sure lots of poets do.

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.

It took me awhile to not be ashamed to be a poet in the business environment, and to be a business person in the poet environment.