Everything in writing begins with language. Language begins with listening.

What you eat is the most political thing you do every day

I hate the word lesbian; it tells you nothing; its only purpose is to inflame.

The impulse to worship is impossible to eradicate. Even the most prosaic have to worship something.

I lay there, stretched out, looking at the one star visible through the tiny window of the room. Only connect. How can you do that when the connections are broken?

I think men can really get in the way when you are trying to sort your life out and get on with it. Because they just take up so much space. I'm not under any illusions that I could have been where I am now in literary terms if I had been heterosexual. I really believe I would not be.

Sometimes you have to live in precarious and temporary places. Unsuitable places. Wrong places. Sometimes the safe place won't help you.