"I am a very simple person. I like to eat, sleep, and write."

"I think hard times are coming when we will be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now."

"I am a feminist. I've been a feminist all my life. I think it's a perfectly normal thing to be."

"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…"

"The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have any feelings, and then you're dead."