I remember everything but forgive anyway.

I went for years not finishing anything. Because, of course, when you finish something you can be judged...I had poems which were re-written so many times I suspect it was just a way of avoiding sending them out.

I don't know what the definition of pornography is and nobody else does either. Pornography is somebody else's erotica that you don't like. People are interested in their own sexuality and they've always reflected it in their art. End of story.

The hardest part is believing in yourself at the notebook stage. It is like believing in dreams in the morning.

The most important thing for a writer is to be locked in a study.

If you've been a pretty woman and always pursued by lovers, losing that and not having that - it feels like a great loss.

My mother wanted me to be her wings, to fly as she never quite had the courage to do. I love her for that. I love the fact that she wanted to give birth to her own wings.