Having a mother who had been an aeronautical engineer convinced me that more things should be open to women.

Normal' is a dryer setting.

No, but a cello is the perfect string bass for an accordion. Works with it beautifully.

I can become very emotional about math, although I'm not that good at it.

In a novel, I could submerge my ego in a characters and let his perceptions take over.

It is not wrong to be different. Sometimes it is hard, but it is not wrong.

Now my mother, interestingly enough, was not a feminist in her own mind.