Every Woman Who Writes Is

Better Mankind Born Without Mouths And Stomachs Than Always To Worry About Money To Buy, To Shop, To Fix, To Cook, To Wash, To Clean.

She Would Not Exchange Her Solitude For Anything. Never Again To Be Forced To Move To The Rhythms Of Others.

Lighting Does Occasionally Strike And Occasional The Result Isn't A Corpse.

Literature Is A Place For Generosity And Affection And Hunger For Equals - Not A Prizefight Ring. We Are Increased, Confirmed In Our Medium, Roused To Do Our Best, By Every Good Writer, Every Fine Achievement. Would We Want One Good Writer Or Fine Book Less? The Sense Of Writers Being Pitted Against Each Other Is Bred Primarily By The Workings Of The Commercial Marketplace, And By Critics Lauding One Writer At The Expense Of Another While Ignoring The Existence Of Nearly All.

Not To Have An Audience Is A Kind Of Death.