I never take pictures. Skies are much larger in reminiscences and my friends are much better-looking. Photos crop reality into little squares; instead, I have very good binoculars.

I'd say it's never a challenge to present white and heteronormative privilege. The hard thing is to write any other way.

There are terrible things that never get easier, and there are things even more terrible that get easier with time and repetition.

My social status in the last year has gone from zero to hero.

I wanted to hear my own whispers in the next room and know that I was thinking of me.

In the rural South, the only interesting people were the sexual deviants. Everybody else was able to be part of the mainstream, and could find a way somehow.

The interesting artists I know are the ones doing political work. The most interesting people I know are the people who care about politics.

I'm enough of an anarchist aesthetically, when it comes to art - I want people to be reading my stuff voluntarily. They should be doing it because they want to.

People wanted to get me published, and my early work was so weird that they weren't getting anywhere. I thought, okay, I'll do something that's just a tad more normal.

I really like writing in English, and it's the best job I've ever had.

Lee explained to her that art for art’s sake is an upper-class aesthetic. To create art divorced from any purpose, you can’t be living a life driven by need and desire.

The philosophy of life is the ultimate of finest thoughts that reflects yourself and your outlook about the world.

Whether in Career or Business, those at the top of the ladder use their MIND to make money whilst those at the bottom use their energy and strength.

India shaped my mind, anchored my identity, influenced my beliefs, and made me who I am. ... India matters to me and I would like to matter to India.

Mothers took their mothering so seriously now. Their frantic little faces...Ponytails swinging. Eyes fixed on the mobile phones held in the palms of their hands like compasses.

No, everyone has great ideas, but what makes a difference, especially online, or just in life, is actually doing it; getting that first version out there.

It's never a good idea for a celebrity to sign autographs or take pictures if a crowd is gathering.

Had we kept the oil, you wouldn't have ISIS, because they fuel their growth with the oil.

Last night I dreamed about you. What happened in detail I can hardly remember, all I know is that we kept merging into one another. I was you, you were me. Finally you somehow caught fire.

But anyway I think you're bionic And I don't think you're beautiful, I think you're beyond it

If we love the sea as much as we claim to we'll do everything we possibly can to keep it healthy. Otherwise we might as well take up golf.