"Some artists respond to critics' questions about their art. I think Bob Dylan would alwys refuse to respond to questions of that sort, he always has."

“I’m American. I can’t stand Brazilians. They live in a third-world country anyway, so they’ll go anywhere if there’s a little money. I live in America. I want to be a champion of an American organization.”

“Odd that a thing is most itself when likened”

Source : Richard Wilbur (2006). “Collected Poems 1943-2004”, p.84, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

“Let your cares drive you to God. I shall not mind if you have many of them if each one leads you to prayer. If every fret makes you lean more on the Beloved, it will be a benefit.”

“The Divine does not come from somewhere above, it exists beyond time and space, and informs all life.”

“Venereal: From Venus, the goddess of love, this word refers to the reality of desire. With the rise of Protestantism and science, the word disease was tacked on in a revealing combination of categorization and moralizing. Which disease? The disease of love.”

“Don't settle. Don't finish crappy books. If you don't like the menu, leave the restaurant. If you're not on the right path, get off it.”

Source : "How I Got Here - Olivia Magnusson Murray". Inteview with Georgina Cotton, www.eventmagazine.co.uk. October 23, 2013.

“I think it's a question which particularly arises over women writers: whether it's better to have a happy life or a good supply of tragic plots.”

“Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.”