You know the mind is an astonishing, long-living, erotic thing.

I know I've done good work. I've been very serious about my writing, and I've done the best that I could. But I don't feel that I've done more than I should have. In fact, I've done less than I should have.

Well, you have children so you know: little children little troubles, big children, big troubles - it's a saying in Yiddish. Maybe the Chinese said it too.

The best training is to read and write, no matter what. Don't live with a lover or roommate who doesn't respect your work. Don't lie, buy time, borrow to buy time. Write what will stop your breath if you don't write.

I was a fantastic student until ten, and then my mind began to wander.

Women should stick together. Didn’t you learn anything yet?

There is a long time in me between knowing and telling.