That was one of the problems with the Narcissus figure. Here is a face looking at a face, and the problem is the image of the thing is never actually the thing. You try and grab it and it's not there. It's water. It disappears.

When you're waiting for a bus, the thing to do is smoke a cigarette.

You have to want something or you're finished.

That's what perfect means. You're finished.

I grew up flying over oceans and moving and sailing.

I know that I was able to find my way out of most of my feelings by writing.

Early in the phase of being in a female body, there's all this desire that comes at you, a lot of it hostile, a lot of it dangerous, a lot of it ruinous.