Plot is just a fancy way of saying 'and then.

The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.

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.

Women are their own worst enemies. And guilt is the main weapon of self-torture . . . Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilty and I'll show you a man.

I do believe that in every age there are people whose consciousness transcends their own time and that these people, whether fictional or historical, are those with whom we most closely identify and those about whom we most enjoy reading.

Birth is the start of loneliness and loneliness the start of poetry.

Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.