I always wanted a child. Being a mother is the central thing in my life.

Better off dead than giving in; not taking what you want.

I still read Donne, particularly his love poems

I have piles of poetry books in the bathroom, on the stairs, everywhere. The only way to write poetry is to read it.

She stood upon a continent of ice, which sparkled between sea and sky, endless and dazzling, as though the world kept all its treasure there; a scale which balanced poetry and prayer.

I'll be left writing picture books and fairy tales

Having a child takes you back to all those parts of your own childhood that you had hidden away.