I Wasn't A Hippie And I Wasn't

There Are No Shortcuts And No Sweatless Quickies.

You Don’t Learn From Successes; You Don’t Learn From Awards; You Don’t Learn From Celebrity; You Only Learn From Wounds And Scars And Mistakes And Failures. And That’s The Truth.

I Always Carry Yeast Flakes And Bran With Me When I Travel.

My Identity Depended On Men For So Long. You Can Be Successful And Still Have The Feeling That If You're Not With A Man You Don't Exist.

In The Hyper-sensitised Reality Of The Region In Which Any Criticism Of Israel Is Swiftly And Often Unfairly Branded As Anti-semitic, It Can Become Counterproductive To Inflame Rather Than Explain And This Means To Hear The Narratives Of Both Sides, To Articulate The Suffering On Both Sides, Not Just The Palestinians.