Some girls are taught to be sexy.

A lot of my writing is not terribly civilized. Sometimes I listen to songs by very smart writers who assume that the world is a civil place with certain formalities that people follow, but I don't see things that way. My own experience tells me that life is not like that. That's why I write the way I do.

My intellect has always been more responsible than my emotions for how I respond to the world.

You have to defend your honor. And your family.

Kindness to me is only powerful if it has the cruel streak behind it. If someone is kind all the time under all circumstances, they're just simple-minded. Kindness is only worth something if you have the cruel streak to back it up.

I dont think gender is aesthetically defining for me.

If language were liquid, it would be rushing in. Instead here we are in a silence more eloquent than any word could ever be.