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

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.

Our lives are short and everything sort of regresses to the mean.

My life in general, orderly or not, it allows me more freedom in my own writing. Sometimes I wonder, though - I have friends that sit around and just write all day. And I think it's the coolest thing.

Sometimes I feel like I'm on top of the world, and other mornings I feel like crap.

I've read a lot more than most of the people that I know, except for one of my really close friends reads way more than I do.

I've always felt alone and isolated, and living on the West Coast, there's no poetry community out here, and if there is, it's really spread out - because it's LA, it's spread out.