I hate men who are afraid of women's strength.

We speak of the masculine and the feminine, but they are the wrong labels. It is really more a matter of poetry versus intellectualization.

To love and to labor is the sum of living.

Keeping a Diary all my life helped me to discover some basic elements essential to the vitality of writing.

I spell 'god' with a small 'g' because I do not believe in him, but I love to swear by him.

There is an ugliness in being paid for work one does not like.

My first vision of earth was water veiled. I am of the race of men and women who see all things through this curtain of sea and my eyes are the color of water.