The fact that grief takes so long to resolve is not a sign of inadequacy, but betokens depth of soul.

It's only too easy to idealise a mother's job. We know well that every job has its frustrations and its boring routines and its times of being the last thing anyone would choose to do. Well, why shouldn't the care of babies and children be thought of that way too?

Artists are people driven by the tension between the desire to communicate and the desire to hide.

I would rather be the child of a mother who has all the inner conflicts of the human being than be mothered by someone for whom all is easy and smooth, who knows all the answers, and is a stranger to doubt.

I don't mind saying in advance that in my opinion jealousy is normal and healthy. Jealousy arises out of the fact that children love. If they have no capacity to love, then they don't show jealousy.

The precursor of the mirror is the mother's face.

The fact that grief takes so long to resolve is not a sign of inadequacy, but betokens depth of soul.