I Think Men Have Always Been Afraid

Poetry Is Fired By Love.

Writing Is One Of The Few Professions Left Where You Take All The Responsibility For What You Do. It's Really Dangerous And Ultimately Destroys You As A Writer If You Start Thinking About Responses To Your Work Or What Your Audience Needs.

Compose With Utter Freedom And Edit With Utter Discipline.

My Generation Had Doris Day As A Role Model, Then Gloria Steinem--then Princess Diana. We Are The Most Confused Generation.

We Write As If Our Lives Depended Upon It. They Do.