The nonfiction novel or literary memoir as authored by women is usually given a much harder time in mainstream criticism.

People are more concerned about the economy then these ridiculous concerns as to gender inequity in society, as manifested in marriages, in the mental health system, and then in literature.

The memoir by women, read by female readers, is considered a market form, not "great literature."

My writing has always been considered extremely important, even though I make slim-to-no money at it.

All of my wildness is in the writing. I have discovered I have to be orderly and boring in my personal life to be wild in my work.

How difficult it was for a woman, once she was named by doctors, to become a writer, because many aspects of her behavior that are accepted in the genius or creative man are regarded as dangerous in the woman.

I am home because I am a writer, but sometimes, when I'm not productive (productivity: the expectations of capitalism), I feel like a terrible housewife, or a sick person.