I did know Ted Hughes and I partly wrote the book to explain to myself and others the complexities of a marriage that was for six years wonderfully productive of poetry and then ended in tragedy. – Anne Stevenson
I was a little doubtful about the propriety of going to the Mammoth Cave without a gentleman escort, but if two ladies travel alone they must have the courage of men. – Maria Mitchell
If you lock me in the room with a piano teacher for a year I might be able to knock out a rendition of Roll Out The Barrel, but will I ever be a concert pianist? No. – Alan Sugar