I'd like to meet you In a timeless placeless place Somewhere out of context And beyond all consequences.

Writing is always personal in some way but not always in a direct way.

If language were liquid, it would be rushing in. Instead here we are in a silence more eloquent than any word could ever be.

To me, a feminist belong in the same category as a humanist or an advocate for human rights. I don't see why someone who's a feminist should be thought of differently.

I always thought that if I was popular I must be doing something wrong.

I like to write about things that are extreme in some form. I like to write about something I feel I have to write about.

A lot of my writing is not terribly civilized.

There are no rules in fights with girls. Just hurting.

I was always inventing characters and making up stories.

I dont think gender is aesthetically defining for me.

I had some fears as a kid, but I was also relatively fearless. Maybe that's a result of living half the time in reality and the other half in fantasy.

I did not come this far to settle for less than I deserve.

Who knows not sacrifice may never gain freedom.

A house divided against itself cannot stand - I believe this government cannot endure permanently half-slave and half-free.

I have to work hard to be punctual, to not lose my temper, take direction and be told what to do - and most of all listen rather than talk.

Little boats should keep near shore

I hate myself for loving you and the weakness that it showed. You were just a painted face on a trip down to suicide road.

I don't have a great eye for detail. I leave blanks in all of my stories. I leave out all detail, which leaves the reader to fill in something better.

Somehow, throughout much of life, being old seems to be something that happens to other people.

I'm not interested in making what's easy. I'm interested in making what's beautiful.

I don't believe that clothes can start a revolution, but I do believe that fashion is often a manifestation of a sociological or political climate.