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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I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for contradictions.

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.

It seems that writing chose me. I feel that because I know history, and I know the history of so many cultures; I have lived a large life.

To me success means effectiveness in the world, that I am able to carry my ideas and values into the world - that I am able to change it in positive ways.

I've been writing since I was 7, but before that, I was orally making stories.