Love Is The Terrible Secret People Are

Conventions, Like Clichés, Have A Way Of Surviving Their Own Usefulness.

The Kinds Of Good Friends I Have Are People Who Are Perfectly Willing To Have Me Say I'll See Them In Six Months, And Live Right Next Door.

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.

Morality Is A Test Of Our Conformity Rather Than Our Integrity.

Writing Is Far Too Hard Work To Say What Someone Else Wants Me To. Serving It As A Craft, Using It As A Way Of Growing In My Own Understanding, Seems To Me To Be A Beautiful Way To Live. And If That Product Is Shareable With Other People, So Much The Better.