Most of my writing friends are working in academia. Most of my business school friends are always talking about bringing companies public, and money, and making money, and lots and lots of money. It's just a different environment.

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.

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

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 e-mail and social media and all that has made me feel way less isolated than ever before.

I've always wanted editors that actually edited my poems.

I can't help but go against the grain, I suppose it is in my fabric to be a rule-breaker.