A lawyer I once knew told me of a strange case, a suffragette who had never married. After her death, he opened her trunk and discovered 50 wedding gowns.

I've been willing to go for years without publishing. That's been my career.

I would teach from nine to four, sleep an hour, and write from six until midnight, night after night.

Is it experimental to have been influenced by the Bible? By Saint Augustine?

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.

A lawyer I once knew told me of a strange case, a suffragette who had never married. After her death, he opened her trunk and discovered 50 wedding gowns.