When the heart is flooded with love there is no room in it for fear, for doubt, for hesitation.

When I cannot write a poem, I bake biscuits and feel just as pleased.

What a crippling art writing is, no body to it, no craft, really. It's all in the mind and you never see it or feel it -- only sometimes hear it. It uses only such a small part of man. I wish I were a sculptor.

The collector walks with blinders on; he sees nothing but the prize. In fact, the acquisitive instinct is incompatible with true appreciation of beauty.

The artist knows he must be alone to create; the writer, to work out his thoughts; the musician, to compose; the saint, to pray. But women need solitude in order to find again the true essence of themselves.

I want to be pure in heart -- but I like to wear my purple dress.

We are always bargaining with our feelings so that we can live from day to day.