It is not surprising that Venice is known above all for mirrors and glass since Venice is the most narcissistic city in the world, the city that celebrates self-mirroring.

I think men have always been afraid of women's sexuality, and the restrictions they put on women testify to that.

It's hard to do fiction and nonfiction simultaneously.

We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.

Poetry is the language we speak in the most terrifying or ecstatic passages of our lives. But the very word poetry scares people. They think of their grade school teachers reciting 'Hiawatha' and they groan.

A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.

I know some good marriages-marriages where both people are just trying to get through their days by helping each other, being good to each other.