At the age of 18 all young poets are sure they will be dead at 21 - of old age.
I don't believe there can be a poetic novel without political consciousness. I have a strong political conscience.
All the books I have written have been one book, from the beginning.
I've been willing to go for years without publishing. That's been my career.
The first money I ever had was when I received an award from the American Association of University Women.
If you know anything about James Whitcomb Riley, you know that Little Orphan Annie is one of the most fantastic characters who ever lived in America before Charlie Chaplin.