“It was actually a women's writing group I belonged to in graduate school that gave me the courage to move from poetry to fiction.”
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One should never be sexually involved with anyone one genuinely cares for. A sexual relationship guarantees a loss.
I think coldness is chic among writers, and particularly ironic coldness. What is absolutely not allowable is sadness. People will do anything rather than to acknowledge that they are sad.
We all of us deserve happiness or none of us does.
Even within the last three or four years, I have a greater ability to communicate, I think. I have more courage to show the stuff... And it does take courage.