“Sappho is a great poet because she is a lesbian, which gives her erotic access to the Muse. Sappho and the homosexual-tending Emily Dickinson stand alone above women poets, because poetry's mystical energies are ruled by a hierach requiring the sexual subordination of her petitioners. Women have achieved more as novelists than as poets because the social novel operates outside the ancient marriage of myth and eroticism.” GivingEnergySocialNovelPoetAncientMythAccessNovelistsMuseMysticalHomosexualEroticStand AloneEmilyGreat PoetSubordination Author:Camille Paglia
“I've read enough novels to know just how much time & energy it takes to fall in love and I just don't have the time” KnowsEnoughFallEnergyNovelFalling In Love Author:Alexandra Kollontai
“The experience of reading a novel and watching a television show are quite different. You can't let your audience get ahead of you, and you have to keep the energy and the pace and the drama up. They're very different things.” DifferentShowsReadingEnergyNovelAudienceTelevisionDramaDifferent ThingsPaceTelevision ShowsGet Ahead Author:Michelle Fairley