Those who try to obliterate the past are injuring the present.

For you where never my blood sister so no more shall I call you little sister

The poets whom I knew then were all men and all seemed dauntingly sure of themselves - although I am sure that really they were as uncertain as I was.

I enjoy research; in fact research is so engaging that it would be easy to go on for years, and never write the novel at all.

Once one habit peels away the others follow it. You have to hold on, or the next thing you'll find yourself parading down the street in your nightdress. Habit is everything.

In a world without air all you breathe is adventure!

I was always influenced by language.