This desert town was man's own miracle of pure purposelessness.

To live in a harmonious balance of commitments and pleasures is what I strive for.

I was very frightened when I turned forty. I suddenly thought I ought to wake up and be speaking with the voice of God.

This desert town was man's own miracle of pure purposelessness.

As a writer, I must be free to say what is in all the diversity I can command. I regret the distorting prejudices that surround me, whether they affect homosexuals or men or the physically handicapped and I can't alone defeat them. They will not defeat me, either as a lesbian or a writer.

The message of women's liberation is that women can love each other and ourselves against our degrading education.

The terrifying message of gay liberation is that men are capable of loving their brothers. It should be sweet news to every womanin the world, for, if the capacity of men to love whom they have been taught to treat as competitors and enemies can transcend their education, the world can begin to heal.