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.

Everyone always says that having kids is messy and sloppy. It's true, but you as a parent have to try to bring some boundaries and control over that experience, or you'd have out-of-control kids.

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

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.

There's an attraction to emotional clusters or hypocrisies or awkwardness. A desire to expose something or point at something that's already poking out.

I was sort of obsessed about corporate people committing suicide.