I've kept journals at many times in my life starting from when I was about 13 or 14. But it's boring and contrived to keep a journal every day. Better to write as the mood strikes.

You must have a certain amount of maturity to be a poet. Seldom do sixteen-year-olds know themselves well enough.

I actually think leaving your children alone to fantasize, to write, to make projects on their own is good for them. Breathing down their necks is a form of control. Children should have their own space.

Why does life need evidence of life?

Few women see power as an end in itself. The point of power is the freedom to cultivate roses.

the body is wiser than its inhabitants. the body is the soul. the body is god’s messenger.

In a bad marriage, friends are the invisible glue. If we have enough friends, we may go on for years, intending to leave, talking about leaving -instead of actually getting up and leaving.