Writing about people helps us to understand them, and understanding them helps us to accept them as part of ourselves.

I'm one in what I do and what I say and what I believe.

You can love yourself spiritually, physically-in almost any way that anybody else can.

I write not only what I want to read...I write all the things I should have been able to read.

I am not lesbian, I am not bisexual, I am not straight. I am just curious

Be nobody's darling; Be an outcast. Take the contradictions Of your life And wrap around You like a shawl, To parry stones To keep you warm. Watch the people succumb To madness With ample cheer; Let them look askance at you And you askance reply. Be an outcast; Be pleased to walk alone (Uncool) Or line the crowded River beds With other impetuous Fools. Make a merry gathering On the bank Where thousands perished For brave hurt words They said. Be nobody's darling; Be an outcast. Qualified to live Among your dead.

I love the natural world - it comes from my culture, which grew out of a people enslaved.