What writers say about the agony and ecstasy of writing...

Poetry is life distilled.

As I am a poet I express what I believe, and I fight against whatever I oppose, in poetry.

I felt that I had to write. Even if I had never been published, I knew that I would go on writing, enjoying it and experiencing the challenge.

“Tears are words that need to be written.”

“Make up a story... For our sake and yours forget your name in the street; tell us what the world has been to you in the dark places and in the light. Don't tell us what to believe, what to fear. Show us belief's wide skirt and the stitch that unravels fear's caul.”

“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”