I went to my first civil rights rally when I was 17 years old. I was a little … - Pauley Perrette

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I would say the flip side to my fascination with systems is a fascination with components. So many of my books are dialogues between little and big.

Pauley Perrette

I went to my first civil rights rally when I was 17 years old. I was a little skinny blond kid, scared to death, marching against the KKK in South Georgia. And I have never stopped marching in protests since. Not ever. I mean, LGBT rights, women's rights, the rights of people of color. . . I'm your guy. I'm going to be out there marching!

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I was a bartender in New York and I overheard this girl saying she made $3000 doing a commercial. A kid at work told me, 'Hey, I know this director and he'd really like you!'. So I walked into this guy's office and was like 'I was thinking maybe I could make $3000' and he hired me for commercials, short films, like 15 jobs in a row.

Films, Girl, Jobs, New York, Office, Row

I started out as a writer. Poetry and prose and also kind of satirical David Sedaris-esque stuff.

Kind, Poetry, Prose, Satirical, Stuff, Writer

I grew up in the Deep South, where sexism, racism, and homophobia were and still are alive and well. I have early, early memories of words and actions of this type being very painful.

Alive, Homophobia, Memories, Racism, Sexism

I like having black hair. When I was really young, I wanted to be Asian - Asian hair is beautiful. I also wanted to look like the girl in George Michael's 'Father Figure' video.

Beautiful, Father, George, Girl, Having

I've always hated criminals and crime. Life is hard enough without someone walking into your life on purpose and making it worse.

Criminals, Hard, Life Is Hard, Purpose, Worse