Most of the writers I like just intimidate and humble me but in that there's a good deal of inspiration to be had as well.

There's a lot of mountain climbers trapped inside of bodies of people behind the counter at Kinko's.

My mother taught me how to read very early on and at school I was ahead of everyone in class... Reading was always something that I liked because I could do it alone and I was alone a lot of the time with my mother working the hours she did. Books became my friends very early on.

I would like to get out to the region in the Caspian sea. I would like to go there. I would like to get to Darfur. I would like to get to Khartoum in Northern Sudan. I would like to get to Zimbabwe. I would like to go back to North Korea, if I could. I would like to go to Yemen. I would like to get to Kashmir. Most of those destinations I will get to.

There is a lot to say about what Bikini Kill and other 'riot grrrl' bands were able to achieve when they first set out. They were not some momentary, convulsive, creative spasm of independent music. There was a very real, relevant point of view being expressed.

I work pretty much every day. I can't really separate it from life, so I guess the work is my life.

I got my heart broken. My spirit got shattered and mutilated. I will not be coming back from this. I don’t want to.