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 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 love being part of poetry conversations. I love talking about what I've read.

I've never thought about the con of living in New York as a writer. Because I always think, Oh, what fun to be around so many writers. Because I've never been around so many writers.

I just didn't want any order in anything. I have to leave an ordered life for them - the kids - and my job. I have to be at my desk at a certain time, and I have to answer e-mails within a certain time period.

People who are too uptight make me nervous.

The whole process of getting a book published is just part of the process. The last of the process that I enjo