“If you are a nurturing mother, and a good one, you can go to play groups, sit on the floor and play all the games, and have tea with the other mothers, but wouldn't you like to think that's not all there is? That you haven't hung up your high heels without knowing how to walk in them?”

“For me, life is writing and I can do it anywhere. It doesn't matter where I am. I listen. I write. I live.”