Not everybody has to be a parent. In fact, in an overpopulated world where our resources are shrinking, it would be wonderful if people who didn't want children felt free to say so. In the 1970s, there was more tolerance for the idea that not everybody needs to be a biological parent.

Pleasure is terrifying because it breaks down the boundaries between people. Embracing passion means living with fear.

A Soul is partly given, partly wrought; remember always that you are the Maker of your own Soul.

I started with poetry because it was direct, immediate, and short. It was the ecstasy of striking matches in the dark.

I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.

Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.

It was the old psychosomatic side-step. Everyone in my family dances it at every opportunity. You've given me a splitting headache! You've given me indigestion! You've given me crotch rot! You've given me auditory hallucinations! You've given me a heart attack! You've given me cancer!