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I write poetry anyway and have for years and years. For me, putting fiction and poetry together is like the best of both worlds.

Poetry and prose are of equal importance to me as a reader, and there doesn't seem to be much difference in my own writing.

With fiction, I tend to get to my desk and start writing. Poetry I write in my head, often while walking, so that my poems have an organic quality, hopefully.

I would rather write poems than prose, any day, any place. Yet each has its own force.

I think writing a poem is like being a greyhound. Writing a novel is like being a mule. You go up one long row, then down another, and try not to look up too often to see how far you still have to go.

I've written poetry since I was a kid. As the years went on, I got into writing stories and screenplays, but I always, always kept up with poetry as well.

I have to make myself write, sometimes. In the space between poems, you somehow forget how to do it, where to begin. It was good to be task - based for a while. I just came downstairs each day, picked the one I was going to do that day, and wrote.

I am a writer, which means I write stories, I write novels, and I would write poetry if I knew how to. I don't want to limit myself.

I've been writing a lot of poetry recently. It helps me think and work things out.

I think that it's more likely that in my 60s and 70s I will be writing poetry rather than fiction.