Texas humor and Southern humor are pretty similar.
I guess it's ridiculously romantic, but I wanted to be a full tilt, sink-or-swim writer.
I'm very attracted to poetry for all the reasons someone likes poetry. The notion of compression seems to fit my personality.
When poetry is on the money, 12 words can slay you. I admire that greatly.
I think all regions have had their peculiarities of speech rounded off by television, radio, and people travel so much more now.