All men are by nature born equally free and independent.
I think a lot of artists no longer want to participate in or be associated with narrative because of its corruptedness in contemporary culture.
The 'good' mother, with her fixed smile, her rigidity, her goody-goody outlook, her obsession with unnecessary hygiene, is in fact a fool. It is the 'bad' mother, unafraid of a joke and a glass of wine, richly self-expressive, scornful of suburban values, who is, in reality, good.
As writers go, I have a skin of average thickness. I am pleased by a good review, disappointed by a bad. None of it penetrates far enough to influence the thing I write next.
As it stands, motherhood is a sort of wilderness through which each woman hacks her way, part martyr, part pioneer; a turn of events from which some women derive feelings of heroism, while others experience a sense of exile from the world they knew.
That's writing for you: when you make space for passion, it doesn't turn up.
I have absolutely no concept of work, except for university. But I like to talk to people a lot about their jobs.
Then I reckon we got ourselves a good old-fashioned standoff. ". . . Nobody moved, or said anything, for the next few moments. "Old-fashioned standoffs are mighty borin
Self-esteem and identity are very fragile things. I think a lot of times, those are the motivations for why people do take their own lives - not being seen, not being recognized, not being loved, not feeling supported, not feeling understood.
I build engines and attach wheels to them.
God bless that women are free in America. We can say what we want, and I do think women will heal the world.