I never fantasized or invented a thing, not one thing. I knew every single thing I ever wrote about.

If there is no certain reality, the idea of following a leader must be scrutinized.

I don't believe there can be a poetic novel without political consciousness. I have a strong political conscience.

Every heart is the other heart. Every soul is the other soul. Every face is the other face. The individual is the one illusion.

There were also some cruel reviews by women, but the tone of the male reviewers, sometimes hysterical, was different. I have suffered, but I don't want to name names but there have been men who have seemed to want to destroy me or my writing, men I don't even know.

When the dream came into being, I always pursued it.

I'm quite sure that most writers would sustain real poetry if they could, but it takes devotion and talent.