That said, I've never thought the fact that I'm a woman was important to my work.
Last year's troubles, They shine up so prettily, They gleam with a lustre they don't have today.
Writing in other voices is almost Japanese in the sense that theres a certain formality there which allows me to sidestep the embarrassment of directly expressing to complete strangers the most intimate details of my life.
Don't uncork what you can't contain
I always thought that if I was popular I must be doing something wrong.
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.