Art is always an energy exchange.

I had been a feminist all my life, but the big problem was how to make your feminism jibe with you unappeasable hunger for male bodies.

Hate generalizes; love is particular.

Surviving means being born over and over.

Being a daughter is only half the equation; bearing one is the other.

There is still the feeling that women's writing is a lesser class of writing, that what goes on in the nursery or the bedroom is not as important as what goes on in the battlefield, that what women know about is a less category of knowledge.

I think professionalism is important, and professionalism means you get paid.