Well, one thing I'm really interested in, when I'm writing, is being accurate.
Sharon Olds

I'm probably so out of it at my age that I don't know what people think.
Sharon Olds

I didn't have time to sit down and look at the work of a year and choose what to type.
Sharon Olds

At one point I took on a new job, and I just didn't have time to do anything but work.
Sharon Olds

When I quit all these things and said I didn't have any time, I meant I didn't have any time.
Sharon Olds

The older I get, the more I feel almost beautiful.
Sharon Olds

The decision for me was whether to have "The Father" be a book that told a story - from the point of view of this speaker, the daughter - without, as in the earlier books, then having a section on something else and a section on something else.
Sharon Olds