Love is selfless, it is a weakness, a giving in, a constant falling.

Writing across genres has made me more prolific. When one is fighting me or simply not cutting it, I turn to another.

The poem has to bear the weight with image, language... the screenplay with dialogue, plot.

I feel too much. It's like being drummed to death from within. You know?

The fact is there are many women who nod politely, even agree openly within their male-dominated often highly educated cultures, but vote their own minds.

It's not that I bounce ideas off of my children as much as it is that having children has had a profound effect on the way I see the world. They have mined my soul. They've made me a better person and therefore a more empathetic writer.

If I'd learned nothing else, it was this: If you want to be a great writer, be a man. If you can't be a man, write like one.