I don't think that writer's block exists really. I think that when you're trying to do something prematurely, it just won't come. Certain subjects just need time, as I've learned over and over again. You've got to wait before you write about them.

In love there are two things - bodies and words.

If I'm writing, I'll say something metaphorical or approximate, whereas scientists are very precise.

Maybe, love is always forgiveness, to a degree.

Writing! The activity for which the only adequate bribe is the possibility of suicide, one day.

If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no matter what you are doing, driving a car or walking or doing housework you can still be writing, because you have that space.

As a farm girl, even when I was quite young, I had my 'farm chores' - but I had time also to be alone, to explore the fields, woods and creek side. And to read.