I was surprised by my daughter's generation and how they were rebelling against the '70s idea that sex was perfect and it should be sought.

The greatest feminists have also been the greatest lovers. I'm thinking not only of Mary Wollstonecraft and her daughter Mary Shelley, but of Anais Nin, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and of course Sappho. You cannot divide creative juices from human juices. And as long as juicy women are equated with bad women, we will err on the side of being bad.

In a world not made for women, criticism and ridicule follow us all the days of our lives. Usually they are indications that we are doing something right.

You must find the right voice (or voices) for the timbre that can convince a reader to give himself up to you.

The Passion that one Soul hath for God cannot be judged by another.

When I sit down at my writing desk, time seems to vanish. I think it's a wonderful way to spend one's life.

Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.