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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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...

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.

All the books I have written have been one book, from the beginning.

All the books I have written have been one book, from the beginning.

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 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...

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...

I would say my theme has always been paradise lost, always the lost cause, the...

I would say my theme has always been paradise lost, always the lost cause, the...

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...

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.

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 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...

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...

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 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...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...