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

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

I know that I haven’t powers enough to divide myself into one who earns and one who creates.

Not to have an audience is a kind of death.

Not everybody feels religion the same way. Some it's in their mouth, but some it's like a hope in their blood, their bones.

Better mankind born without mouths and stomachs than always to worry about money to buy, to shop, to fix, to cook, to wash, to clean.

Literature is a place for generosity and affection and hunger for equals - not a prizefight ring. We are increased, confirmed in our medium, roused to do our best, by every good writer, every fine achievement. Would we want one good writer or fine book less? The sense of writers being pitted against each other is bred primarily by the workings of the commercial marketplace, and by critics lauding one writer at the expense of another while ignoring the existence of nearly all.