writers do not choose their subjects; their subjects choose them.

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

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

The words carry their own momentum. A confession in motion tends to stay in motion. Newton's first law of jealousy.

My generation was not only maligned in book reviews and attacked in graduate school but we lived to see our adored and adorable daughters wonder why feminism had become a dirty word.

Motherhood cannot finally be delegated. Breast-feeding may succumb to the bottle; cuddling, fondling, and paediatric visits may also be done by fathers...but when a child needs a mother to talk to, nobody else but a mother will do.

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