If you ask me what I want, I'll tell you. I want everything.

The more rapidly the water moves, the lighter it seems.

First of all, writing at best - certainly fiction writing - more and more I think is magic.

Writing must be a machine for breaking down, that is, allowing the now uncontrolled and uncontrollable reconstitutions of thoughts and expressions. All other kinds of writing simply express.

It's all up to you, girls. You have to be strong. These are the days of post-women's liberation. You have grown up by now and you have to take care of yourself. No one's going to help you.

I wasn't really into body piercings until I found that about half my female students had them.

I want to get out of here means I want to be innocent.