Being liberated means reading what you want to read, and fantasizing about what you want to fantasize about.

And when a strong man is sweet, even Goddesses look down from Mount Olympus.

I saw finally the futility of all these gestures, that witchcraft is but a matter of focus-that one cann apply one's fierce and immeasurable energies to an act of choice.

Roman influence seeds itself, sprouting mighty oaks right through the modern forest of computers, digital disks, microviruses and space satellites.

I'm definitely more influenced by European writers than I am by American writers, there's no doubt about that.

I no longer represent any organized religion. I'm not Catholic. I'm not Christian. I'm saying this because I have to be an outsider for Christ.

Obviously, a writer can't know everything about what she writes. It's impossible.