Every artist creates with open eyes what she sees in her dream.

Looking at my life was very difficult. I think I learned that I haven't been as good a person as I'm inclined to think of myself as. I haven't been as good friend, haven't been as good a person, made a lot of mistakes.

the body is simple as a turtle / and straight as a dog: / the body cannot lie.

Long hair is considered bohemian, which may be why I grew it, but I keep it long because I love the way it feels, part cloak, part fan, part mane, part security blanket.

Any life is lived in a particular time and place. Every life is impacted by the family's socio-economic circumstances, and, in later life, by the person's.

I wrote to make sense out of all the contradictions I experienced and to deal with the pain and loss I was undergoing.

Doorways are sacred to women for we are the doorways of life and we must choose what comes in and what goes out.