If I've done my work well, I vanish completely from the scene. I believe it is invasive of the work when you know too much about the writer.
Mary OliverWhen it's over I don't want to wonder if I have made of my life something particular, and real.
Mary OliverMy first two books are out of print and, okay, they can sleep there comfortably. It's early work, derivative work.
Mary Oliver