"I am so utterly a child. I am so utterly an adult."

"Being born a woman is my awful tragedy. From the moment I was conceived I was doomed to sprout breasts and ovaries rather than penis and scrotum; to have my whole circle of action, thought and feeling…"

"I am terrified by this dark thing that sleeps in me."

"I have a theory that it is impossible to be a good writer and a good person."

"I may be a fool, but I'm not a stupid fool."