I tell you this to break your heart, by which I mean only that it break open and never close again to the rest of the world.

I worked probably 25 years by myself, just writing and working, not trying to publish much, not giving readings.

To find a new word that is accurate and different, you have to be alert for it.

There is a notion that creative people are absent-minded, reckless, heedless of social customs and obligations. It is, hopefully, true for they are in another world altogether.

For some things there are no wrong seasons. Which is what I dream of for me.

It's not a competition, it's a doorway.

Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination.