I want to write because I have the urge to excel in one medium of translation and expression of life. I can't be satisfied with the colossal job of merely living. Oh, no, I must order life in sonnets and sestinas and provide a verbal reflector for my 60-watt lighted head.

The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath, 1950-1962 (ed. Anchor, 2000) - ISBN: 9780385720250