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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I don't believe there can be a poetic novel without political consciousness. I have a...

I don't believe there can be a poetic novel without political consciousness. I have a...

I knew Anais Nin, who called me after I had been away for a few...

I knew Anais Nin, who called me after I had been away for a few...

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've been willing to go for years without publishing. That's been my career.

I've been willing to go for years without publishing. That's been my career.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

The first money I ever had was when I received an award from the American...

The first money I ever had was when I received an award from the American...

I think there is a rage against women. I've come to see that now although...

I think there is a rage against women. I've come to see that now although...

Is it experimental to have been influenced by the Bible? By Saint Augustine?

Is it experimental to have been influenced by the Bible? By Saint Augustine?

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...