Never let money control you. I'd rather see someone spend every red cent and relish his/her life than scrimp, obsess, and pinch the pennies. There's something repugnant about a person who centers his life around money.

Lesbianism, politically organized, is the greatest threat that exists to male supremacy.

Don't hope more than you're willing to work.

Life matters more than any painting, novel, film, or great big diamond.

Sex is a pleasurable exercise in plumbing, but be careful or you'll get yeast in your drain tap.

Writers are the moral purifiers of the culture. We may not be pure ourselves but we must tell the truth, which is a purifying act.

I do think women avoid power. Power assumes responsibility and accountability, and I think many, many women want to have it both ways.