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Alison Bechdel Quotes: You can't live and write at the same time.
         

You can't live and write at the same time.


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I suppose that a lifetime spent hiding one's erotic truth could have a cumulative renunciatory effect. Sexual shame is in itself a kind of death.

I suppose that a lifetime spent hiding one's erotic truth could have a cumulative renunciatory effect. Sexual shame is in itself a kind of death.



I just have this sort of entrepreneurial spirit and I work really hard at promoting myself.

I just have this sort of entrepreneurial spirit and I work really hard at promoting myself.



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Was Daedalus really stricken with grief when Icarus fell into the sea? Or just disappointed by the design failure



And partly, the worst thing you could do in my family was need something from someone. So physical strength represented an avenue of self-sufficiency to me.

And partly, the worst thing you could do in my family was need something from someone. So physical strength represented an avenue of self-sufficiency to me.



Even drawing gray hair at all is difficult to render in black and white.

Even drawing gray hair at all is difficult to render in black and white.



It's a hard thing to age a character because you can't really suddenly give someone gray hair.

It's a hard thing to age a character because you can't really suddenly give someone gray hair.



If it weren't for the unconventionality of my desires, my mind might never have been forced to reckon with my body.

If it weren't for the unconventionality of my desires, my mind might never have been forced to reckon with my body.



I'll watch a movie only if it meets the following criteria: 1. It has to have at least two women in it. 2. Who talk to each other. 3. About something besides a man.

I'll watch a movie only if it meets the following criteria: 1. It has to have at least two women in it. 2. Who talk to each other. 3. About something besides a man.



It's our very capacity for self-consciousness that makes us self-destructive!

It's our very capacity for self-consciousness that makes us self-destructive!



The writing is hard, and the drawing is fun. It's very satisfying to see a drawing start to come together.

The writing is hard, and the drawing is fun. It's very satisfying to see a drawing start to come together.





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If someone asks you to make a cup of coffee, make the best cup of coffee they’ve ever had, because why would they trust you with anything else if you can’t do that? No task is too small.




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