When history calls, history calls..

Thankfully, the love of those around me helped push me forward..

I've never really liked L.A., because of its sprawl..

I don't like to call myself a feminist writer. I say I'm a feminist, but I don't write to propagate an ism..

The only thing I was any good at was music..

To be adored is something I recommend..

I'm constantly being visually stimulated..

I watched a lot of movies. I was deeply influenced by movies..

Most things don't work like they are supposed to work..

I am at my best when I am scoring..

Every decoding is another encoding..

Everything was believed except the truth..

The work that I'm proudest of is the work that I'm most afraid of..

I was physically abused and I retaliated..

Meow, Meow, Motherfucker..

The only rule is there's only one rule: no rules..

The qualities most needed are charity and tolerance, not some form of fanatical faith such as is offered to us by the various rampant isms.

A lot of Arabs have proven to themselves that there is an alternative to Bin Laden-ism if they want to do away with the corrupt, autocratic regimes i….

The game is not over until it is..

Classism and greed are making insignificant all the other kinds of isms..

I feel like I have to avoid certain thrift store-isms, having been known for the thrift store paintings. It's like I have to not paint that way..