At fifty the madwoman in the attic breaks loose, stomps down the stairs, and sets fire to the house. She won't be imprisoned anymore.

Poetry is what we turn to in the most emotional moments of our life - when a beloved friend dies, when a baby is born or when we fall in love.

Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilty and I'll show you a man.

We all parent the best we can. Being human, we're ambivalent. We want perfection for our babies, but we also need sleep.

I had been a feminist all my life, but the big problem was how to make your feminism jibe with you unappeasable hunger for male bodies.

Pain is not love. Love flowers; love gives without taking; love is serene and calm.

Sex has the unparalleled power to make us absurd to ourselves. It also has the power to make us understand transcendence.