There is no simple formula for the relationship of art to justice...In the end, I don’t think we can separate art from overall human dignity and hope. My concern for my country is inextricable from my concerns as an artist.

If I cling to circumstances I could feel not responsible. Only she who says she did not choose, is the loser in the end.

Language is as real, as tangible, in our lives as streets, pipelines, telephone switchboards, microwaves, radioactivity, cloning laboratories, nuclear power stations.

When I talk of taking a trip I mean forever.

Strangers are an endangered species.

Language is power... Language can be used as a means of changing reality.

Motherhood, in the sense of an intense, reciprocal relationship with a particular child, or children, is one part of female process; it is not an identity for all time.