I've become more conservative about sex as I've gotten older.
The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
Nothing you write is ever lost to you. At some other level your mind is working on it.
Pregnancy seemed like a tremendous abdication of control. Something growing inside you which would eventually usurp your life.
Feminism is teaching. I've gotten a lot of pleasure pushing younger writers that I've met and worked with.
I think professionalism is important, and professionalism means you get paid.