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Although I Am Good At Enumerating My Father’s Flaws, It’s Hard For Me To Sustain Much Anger At Him. I Expect This Is Partly Because He’s Dead, And Partly Because The Bar Is Lower For Fathers Than It Is For Mothers.

It Certainly Was An Important Moment For Me, That Realization That I Was Not Going To Get What I Wanted. It Was Very Freeing. I Keep Using That Word "freeing" Or "liberating." I Feel Like Houdini Sometimes, Like I'm Just Getting Out Of One Set Of Shackles After Another, Hanging Upside Down Inside A Burlap Bag With Handcuffs On. Hopefully One Day, I'm Going To Get Out Of This Tank Of Water.

When I Was Growing Up In The 1960s, There Was Starting To Be More Books Geared Towards Young Adults.

I'll Watch A Movie Only If It Meets The Following Criteria: 1. It Has To Have At Least Two Women In It. 2. Who Talk To Each Other. 3. About Something Besides A Man.

The Secret Subversive Goal Of My Work Is To Show That Women, Not Just Lesbians, Are Regular Human Beings.