I just see a lot of people who are really terrified of the "f-word." A lot of women these days, a lot of young women don't want to call themselves feminists.

Life is a sleazy stranger, who looks vaguely familiar; flirting with a bimbo named disaster at the end of the bar.

Those who call the shots are never in the line of fire.

For me, the stronger ground I have in my personal life, then the more will I have to fight the good fight.

My country tis of thee, to take swings at each other on talk show TV.

My writing just kind of exists out there in the air-it's all sort of intended as spoken, or sung, word. So, to commit them to the page...that way was kind of intimidating to me, yet intriguing, to try to reflect the rhythms and connotations and emotions that you can deliver, speaking-wise, on a page.

Let's grow old and die together. Let's do it now.