"One discovers that destiny can be diverted, that one does not have to remain in bondage to the first wax imprint made on childhood sensibilities. Once the deforming mirror has been smashed, there is a possibility of wholeness. There is a possibility of joy."
"For too many centuries women have been being muses to artists. I wanted to be the muse, I wanted to be the wife of the artist, but I was really trying to avoid the final issue — that I had to do the job myself."
"The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself."
"We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect."
"life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity, & stumble from defeat to defeat."
"People living deeply have no fear of death."