I'd just begun to be taken seriously as a freelance writer, but after the Playboy article, I mostly got requests to go underground in some other semi-sexual way. It was so bad that I returned an advance to turn the Playboy article into a paperback, even though I had to borrow the money.

The origins of violence against women by men are not biological. If that were the case, it would exist in every culture. And it doesn't exist in every culture.

Writing keeps me from believing everything I read.

Writers - we're a little crazy about how much we care about it. We spend a lot of time fussing. At least, I do.

Only when women rebel against patriarchal standards does female muscle become more accepted.

Whatever you want to do,do it now.

There's no emotion more revolutionary than empathy.