I'm as much influenced by Joseph Smith and the Mormons as I am, more so, than by Eliot. Actually, I'm much more influenced by the poetry of the Mormons.

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All my writing is about the recognition that there is no single reality. But the...

All my writing is about the recognition that there is no single reality. But the...

I'm quite sure that most writers would sustain real poetry if they could, but it...

I'm quite sure that most writers would sustain real poetry if they could, but it...

Dreiser... I love... and almost wouldn't speak to anyone who ever attacked him.

Dreiser... I love... and almost wouldn't speak to anyone who ever attacked him.

The first poem I ever wrote, about loss, when I was 5 years old, expressed...

The first poem I ever wrote, about loss, when I was 5 years old, expressed...

At the age of 18 all young poets are sure they will be dead at...

At the age of 18 all young poets are sure they will be dead at...

I believe that all my work explores the human desire or obsession for utopias, and...

I believe that all my work explores the human desire or obsession for utopias, and...

There were also some cruel reviews by women, but the tone of the male reviewers,...

There were also some cruel reviews by women, but the tone of the male reviewers,...

I think most people don't like others who, without a voice of their own, emulate...

I think most people don't like others who, without a voice of their own, emulate...

I never fantasized or invented a thing, not one thing. I knew every single thing...

I never fantasized or invented a thing, not one thing. I knew every single thing...

A lawyer I once knew told me of a strange case, a suffragette who had...

A lawyer I once knew told me of a strange case, a suffragette who had...

Some of the poetic writers who insert passages of realism in their texts have no...

Some of the poetic writers who insert passages of realism in their texts have no...

All creatures are flawed, but out of the flaw may come the universe.

All creatures are flawed, but out of the flaw may come the universe.

I would never write realistic prose. I don't like people who try to write in...

I would never write realistic prose. I don't like people who try to write in...

Life has no beginning, middle or end.

Life has no beginning, middle or end.

If you know anything about James Whitcomb Riley, you know that Little Orphan Annie is...

If you know anything about James Whitcomb Riley, you know that Little Orphan Annie is...

A good writer cannot avoid having social consciousness. I don't mean this about small pieces...

A good writer cannot avoid having social consciousness. I don't mean this about small pieces...

If you understand hallucination and illusion, you don't blindly follow any leader. You must know...

If you understand hallucination and illusion, you don't blindly follow any leader. You must know...

When the dream came into being, I always pursued it.

When the dream came into being, I always pursued it.

If you don't have obsessions, don't write. my characters are obsessed.

If you don't have obsessions, don't write. my characters are obsessed.

I never thought of myself as either a woman or a man. I thought of...

I never thought of myself as either a woman or a man. I thought of...