There can't be a pure myth, especially when the myth has been handed down in the oral tradition. As the stories are told, they change. If the stories don't change they just die.
Maxine Hong Kingston

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When I'm teaching, I tell my students: It's all process. Don't even think of product.

When I am composing, I try to clear my mind of having to publish, or having to sell a book or find readers. That kind of thinking gets in the way.

The sweat of hard work is not to be displayed. It is much more graceful to appear favored by the gods.

I'm so proud that my offspring became a musician. I'm full of awe that we are able to have a whole family live the life of artists.

Let my life as Poet begin. I want the life of the Poet. I have labored for over twelve years, one thousand pages of prose. Now, I want the easiness of poetry. The brevity of the poem.