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I write in a noisy, distracting world so the books can be read there.

I have a group of cafes and coffee shops that I go to regularly. They usually have an area where I can plug in my computer and have a corner seat where I can do a couple hours of writing or whatever, even the noise of the surrounding people walking by. Those things are the things that stimulate me into writing.

Writing books is a nice retreat. There's nothing quite like diving into a book for a few hours. That is a big time vacation.

Writing a book is not as tough as it is to haul thirty-five people around the country and sweat like a horse five nights a week.

I've been a traveller, but I don't travel so much now. I'm trying to do it vicariously through my writing. I'm trying to write books that will draw readers away from their lives but send them back in a more awakened way.

Writing a book is such a full-time job. If you're away for a few days, you have to start again.

I can write most places. I particularly like writing on trains. Being between places is quite liberating, and looking out of the window, watching a procession of landscapes and random-ish objects, is very good for stories.

I don't like to have a calm, orderly, quiet place to work. I often compose while driving, compose in my head. It is true that I wrote my little book, 'The Sounds of Poetry, A Brief Guide,' almost entirely in airplanes and airport departure lounges.

I have a lot of books I want to write.