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

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

I could not live by literature if only to begin with, because of the slow maturing of my work and its special character.

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

Every woman who writes is a survivor.

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

The fact that human beings do not put up forever with misery, humiliation, degradation, actual physical deprivation but act is a fact which every human being should know about. We are a species that makes changes.