Being a daughter is only half the equation; bearing one is the other.

It's easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.

I see the whole episode in my memory as if it were a very crisply photographed black and white movie. Directed by Bergman perhaps.We are playing ourselves in the movie version. If only we could escape from always having to play ourselves !

I mostly hate organized religion, which I think is a force for the oppression of women and creates warfare.

Betrayal betrays the betrayer.

Writing is one of the few professions left where you take all the responsibility for what you do. It's really dangerous and ultimately destroys you as a writer if you start thinking about responses to your work or what your audience needs.

Solitude is considered un-American.