I thought the whole world was like Lorain.

The enemy is not men. The enemy is the concept of patriarchy, the concept of patriarchy as the way to run the world or do things.

The vitality of language lies in its ability to limn the actual, imagined and possible lives of its speakers, readers, writers.

The theme you choose may change or simply elude you, but being your own story means you can always choose the tone. It also means that you can invent the language to say who are you and what you mean.

Like friendship, hatred needed more than physical intimacy; it wanted creativity and hard work to sustain itself

I thought the whole world was like Lorain.

For me, Art is the restoration of order. It may discuss all sort of terrible things, but there must be satisfaction at the end. A little bit of hunger, but also satisfaction.