"The best way to predict the future is to create it."

"I am a man. Now you may think I’ve made some kind of silly mistake about gender, or maybe that I’m trying to fool you, because my first name ends in 'a,' and I own three bras and a pair of high-heeled…"

"To learn which questions are unanswerable, and not to answer them: this skill is most needful in times of stress and darkness."

"I am not interested in writing about heroes. I am interested in writing about human beings."

"My mind is a muddle. I can't write a coherent sentence. I'm going to go eat a cookie."