Better a loving single-parent family than a 'conventional' family where the parents hate each other and the father is a demagogue.

There was a time when I was way too reliant upon other people's opinions and perspective of me. And I guess over time came to see how unhealthy that was. I mean it's almost like a sign of mental illness to base your self-worth on the opinions of complete strangers.

The young have to kill the old. The young, if they want to achieve their own platform, have to diminish the reputations of the ones that have gone before. That's how life works.

I see 'Ahab's Wife' as offering an alternative vision to

When I was in my twenties, I thought I was bulletproof.

I think the word 'blog' is an ugly word. I just don't know why people can't use the word 'journal.'

I'm straight, but I love going to house music clubs and flirting with women and gay men.