"...characters are not born like people, of woman; they are born of a situation, a metaphot containing in a nutshell a basic human possibility the author thinks no one else has discovered or said something essential about."

"Sometimes we forget how difficult that is for some people and how valuable that makes us. Lots of people would give anything to be able to say what they mean. But they can’t. So, they turn to songs, books, and art that communicate for them."