I write in the first person because I have always wanted to make my life more interesting than it was.
Source: The Norton Anthology of Literature by Women, eds, Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar, 1985.
-- Diane Wakoski, (Aug 3 1937-____), US poet; She is one of America's most prolific poets, having published more than twenty full length collections and more than forty books, including The Collected Greed, Parts 1-13, 1984.