With fiction, the works of women are often over-interpreted as autobiography, especially when the main character is a woman, especially if she is seen as privileged.

I am worthy of being read. I mean, one has to be convinced of one's genius.

The biographies of the great men see their excesses as signs of their greatness.

If one writes the rules then one can contradict oneself. It's all about rhetoric, about official narratives.

With fiction, the works of women are often over-interpreted as autobiography, especially when the main character is a woman, especially if she is seen as privileged.

Patriarchy is having the power to name.

I think genius can have a lot to do with nerve. And permission.