What I think the political correctness debate is really about is the power to be able to define. The definers want the power to name. And the defined are now taking that power away from them.

Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.

The best art is political and you ought to be able to make it unquestionably political and irrevocably beautiful at the same time.

A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves - a special kind of double.

More than fear of loving bears or birds bigger than cows, I fear pathless nights. How, I wonder, can I find you in the dark?

Books ARE a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.

Evil is just sort of ultimately boring. The good thing is just complicated. It's more provocative to me and more stimulating to me.