I do not think of literature as something confessional or therapeutic. I make sentences in order to be precise about experiences and things. I am urged by many things and no things in particular.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I consider what I write to be literature. I choose the words carefully.
The attempt to devote oneself to literature alone is a most deceptive thing, and often, paradoxically, it is literature that suffers for it.
I find that my reading, particularly nonfiction, can inspire a poem as well as anything else.
Literature helps us transcend ourselves.
Literature... is the union of suffering with the instinct for form.
I love literature deeply. I view books as sacred things, and in writing my story, I'm going to do my best to honor the form that has played such a huge part in shaping who I am.
Literature for me isn't a workaday job, but something which involves desires, dreams and fantasy.
I strongly believe that literature can do something that nothing else can do, and that is embody the human spirit.
Literature at its fullest takes human nature as its theme. That's the kind of writing that interests me.
Literature has as one of its principal allures that it tells you something about life that life itself can't tell you. I just thought literature is a thing that human beings do.