Writers in a profit making economy are an exploitable commodity whose works are products to be marketed, and are so judged and handled.

I don't want to die leaving the world as it is right now.

It is a long baptism into the seas of humankind, my daughter. Better immersion than to live untouched.

It's hard for me to talk about the terrible things that have happened in my lifetime because they didn't need to be.

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

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

Women have the right to say: this is surface, this falsifies reality, this degrades.