I like to write about things that are extreme in some form. I like to write about something I feel I have to write about.
Suzanne VegaA 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.
Suzanne VegaI still feel conflicted because I don't always get to spend as much time with my daughter as I'd like, given my work.
Suzanne Vega