A baby's mother also needs a mother.

I started with poetry because it was direct, immediate, and short. It was the ecstasy of striking matches in the dark.

It's hard to do fiction and nonfiction simultaneously.

Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.

We don't have a clear path forward, and that's been the case for feminism since the 18th century, when the idea of the rights of women actually began.

I believe I belong to the last literary generation, the last generation, that is, for whom books are a religion.

Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss. A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big.