And when is there time to remember, to sift, to weigh, to estimate, to total?

Time granted does not necessarily coincide with time that can be most fully used.

Compared to men writers of like distinction and years of life, few women writers have had lives of unbroken productivity, or leave behind a 'body of work.' Early beginnings, then silence; or clogged late ones (foreground silences); long periods between books (hidden silences); characterize most of us.

There are worse words than cuss-words, there are words that hurt.

That's what I want to be when I grow up, just a peaceful wreck holding hands with other peaceful wrecks.

More than in any other human relationship, overwhelmingly more, motherhood means being instantly interruptible, responsive, and responsible

Think about all that we've lost that has been said orally because nobody was taking it down. I feel very fortunate to live in a time where we have so many different voices. We have a much richer literature than we've ever had, and we can know America so much better.