Those who can ask without shame are viewing themselves in collaboration with-rather than in competition with-the world.

In other words, let's give our young women the right weapons to fight with as they charge naked into battle, instead of ordering them to get back in the house and put some goddamn clothes on.

Collecting the dots. Then connecting them. And then sharing the connections with those around you. This is how a creative human works. Collecting, connecting, sharing.

How you sound. How you look. Are you fat? Those are things that could be really irritating.

Nobody ever sees me. Thank you.

I crave intimacy to the same burning degree that I detest commitment.

It’s not easy to ask… asking makes you vulnerable.