I don't feel that censorship keeps me from doing the work, though. I'm my bigger censor.

Love is an angel disguised as lust.

Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine.

I don't care whether they're men or women, that's bullshit. A good writer can get into any gender, can get into any mouth. When I write I may be a Brando creep, or a girl laying on the floor, or a Japanese tourist, or a slob like Richard Speck. You have to be a chameleon when you're writing.

I think masturbating is a really important function in art. People don't like to hear that kind of stuff, but it's true.

People say hello to me. I mean, sometimes the sanitation truck goes by and says, hey Patti.

I think really that's just the basic Christian lesson that sometimes takes us years and years to understand - have equal concern for another human being as you have for yourself or perhaps even more concern for another human being than you have for yourself.