Luxury Is Not A Necessity To Me,

Write. Write Until It Stops Hurting.

Only The United Beat Of Sex And Heart Together Can Create Ecstasy.

When I Am Most Deeply Rooted, I Feel The Wildest Desire To Uproot Myself.

Why One Writes Is A Question I Can Answer Easily, Having So Often Asked It Of Myself. I Believe One Writes Because One Has To Create A World In Which One Can Live. I Could Not Live In Any Of The Worlds Offered To Me - The World Of My Parents, The World Of War, The World Of Politics. I Had To Create A World Of My Own, Like A Climate, A Country, An Atmosphere In Which I Could Breathe, Reign, And Recreate Myself When Destroyed By Living. That, I Believe, Is The Reason For Every Work Of Art.

It's All Right For A Woman To Be, Above All, Human. I Am A Woman First Of All.