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

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 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.

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

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

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'm a total bottoms-up kind of person. I like things to bubble up.