Some of the poetic writers who insert passages of realism in their texts have no underlying philosophy to uphold them, and revert to realism.

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

The first money I ever had was when I received an award from the American Association of University Women.

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

I think most people dont like others who, without a voice of their own, emulate the other. I certainly dont want anybody just to pick up my thoughts and hand them back to me.

I never thought of myself as either a woman or a man. I thought of myself as a person who was born to a writer, who was doomed to be a writer.

we live our fate before we realize exactly what it is.