I will be a commodity, and I will be in demand and valuable.

- Marie Calloway

I feel like people think of me as someone who really believes in a "sex as empowerment" philosophy, like Sasha Grey or something, when actually I fee…

- Marie Calloway

I used LiveJournal frequently, almost daily, since ~age 13 until ~18. I kept a personal diary there. I also participated in various "LiveJournal comm…

- Marie Calloway

Basically, I feel inspired by any artist that seems to want to introduce the world to their likes and perspective rather than trying to shape their i…

- Marie Calloway

I admire narcissism in Momus and others who "own" it and use it as a way to explore ideas/themselves and also as a form of humor. I don't think of my…

- Marie Calloway

I'm interested in the female dom/male sub dynamic, and how superficially it can seem like a total reverse of gender roles and maybe even subversive o…

- Marie Calloway

I started to wonder, and felt relieved that there might be truth to the idea of intellectuals all being frauds. I knew that I certainly was.

- Marie Calloway

One thing about having mostly absent parents that I think was perhaps "good" for the development of my intellect/writing is that I was given almost t…

- Marie Calloway

I admire Joyce Maynard a lot, specifically her memoir "At Home in the World." Her writing is beautiful and fascinating and seemed to give me validati…

- Marie Calloway