And while it is true that I got the best woman in the world, I don't think love saves you.

I can't write what I don't believe in.

... survival is the least of my desires.

People don't do right because of the fear of God or love of him. You do right because the world doesn't make sense if you don't.

I am the only one who can tell the story of my life and say what it means.

I think I would have died if there hadn't been the women's movement. It gave me a vision that I could do something different, and it gave me an understanding that I wasn't a monster, or sport, or a betrayer of my family.

Don't go taking that gospel stuff seriously. It's nice to clean you out now and then, but it ain't for real. It's like bad whiskey. Run through you fast and leave you with pain.