I Didn't Want To Be A Boy,

The Message Of Women's Liberation Is That Women Can Love Each Other And Ourselves Against Our Degrading Education.

Love Is The Terrible Secret People Are Suspected Of Unless They're Married, Then One Always Suspects They Don't.

Every Artist Seems To Me To Have The Job Of Bearing Witness To The World We Live In. To Some Extent I Think Of All Of Us As Artists, Because We Have Voices And We Are Each Of Us Unique.

My Private Measure Of Success Is Daily. If This Were To Be The Last Day Of My Life Would I Be Content With It? To Live In A Harmonious Balance Of Commitments And Pleasures Is What I Strive For.

As A Writer, I Must Be Free To Say What Is In All The Diversity I Can Command. I Regret The Distorting Prejudices That Surround Me, Whether They Affect Homosexuals Or Men Or The Physically Handicapped And I Can't Alone Defeat Them. They Will Not Defeat Me, Either As A Lesbian Or A Writer.