As for loving woman, I have never understood why some people had a fit. I still don't. It seems fine to me. If an individual is productive responsible, and energetic, why should her choice in a partner make such a fuss? The government is only too happy to take my tax money and yet they uphold legislation that keeps me a second class citizen. Surely, there should be a tax break for those of us who are robbed of full and equal participation and protection in the life of our nation.

Whenever I doubt the existence of God or the Goddess, I look at horses. Only God could have made a horse.

all outcast peoples struggle to be recognized as individuals. The damage of oppression is that it robs you of your individuality. You're just a faggot. Or whatever - fill in the blank. Everything you do is seen through the prism of your gayness or your womanness or your blackness by some people.

It's an act of faith to be a writer in a postliterate world.

There's a thin line between collectivity and chaos.

Creative people do not belong in the university because the process is antithetical to the analytical process so necessary for proper scholarship.

I became a lesbian because of women, because women are beautiful, strong, and compassionate.