I believe in process. I believe that having a really difficult process is more valuable than a good outcome.
When choosing sexual partners, remember: Talent is not sexually transmittable.
You know who does have a funny bone in her body? Your mom every night for a dollar.
Everybody kind of gets to be the person they didn't get to be.
Thomas Jefferson—another gorgeous white boy who would not have been interested in me. This was my problem in a nutshell. To get some play in Charlottesville, you had to be either a Martha Jefferson or a Sally Hemings.
That turned-up collar. The jacket that zipped all the way down the front into a nice fitted shape. The white denim that made my untanned skin look like a color.