I was a working class Jewish girl. In my girlhood, anti-Semitism was a daily fact of life in Detroit. I did not come from people who had many options in their lives or many choices open to them. I was a girl in a family in which women were, as in society at large, very much second-class citizens. I did not see why I should accept these forced limitations without a fight. Being free to make my own choices thus became very important to me at an early age.

Shared laughter is erotic too.

My idea of Hell is to be young again.

If I observe my cats carefully, it is partly because I observe everyone I deal with as carefully as I can and partly because they amuse and entertain me. They are an important part of the fabric of my daily life.

Where I came from, the nights I had wandered and survived scared them, and where I would go they never imagined.

Every artist creates with open eyes what she sees in her dream.

We seek not rest but transformation. We are dancing through each other as doorways.