Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

It is a sad paradox that when male authors impersonate women ... they are said to be dealing with 'cosmic, major concerns' - but when we impersonate ourselves we are said to be writing 'women's fiction' or 'women's poetry.

A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.

I have lived my life according to this principle: If I'm afraid of it, then I must do it.

You don't get to choose what you get famous for and you don't get to control which of your life's many struggles gets to stand for you.

I never became a writer for the money. I am a poet first. Even getting published is a miracle for poets.

Not everybody has to be a parent. In fact, in an overpopulated world where our resources are shrinking, it would be wonderful if people who didn't want children felt free to say so. In the 1970s, there was more tolerance for the idea that not everybody needs to be a biological parent.