I might be writing what people expect me to write, writing from that place where I might be ruled by economic considerations. To overcome that, I started working with my dreams, because I'm not so censored when I use dream…

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Yeah, I mean, I put work out there for people to use and I'm grateful...

Yeah, I mean, I put work out there for people to use and I'm grateful...

I think the best thing in cases of censorship or things like this is to...

I think the best thing in cases of censorship or things like this is to...

On the surface we all act like we all love each other and we're free...

On the surface we all act like we all love each other and we're free...

I wasn't really into body piercings until I found that about half my female students...

I wasn't really into body piercings until I found that about half my female students...

We've been very bad at understanding why the right-wing does things.

We've been very bad at understanding why the right-wing does things.

Well, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

Well, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

The literary culture, if you examine it, the high literary culture is that which preserves...

The literary culture, if you examine it, the high literary culture is that which preserves...

I question: do we really understand the differences between modernist and postmodernist?

I question: do we really understand the differences between modernist and postmodernist?

There's a backlash against womyn that's really bad right now.

There's a backlash against womyn that's really bad right now.

I think what we have in this country is a little more dangerous in a...

I think what we have in this country is a little more dangerous in a...

First of all, writing at best - certainly fiction writing - more and more I...

First of all, writing at best - certainly fiction writing - more and more I...

I'm very staid compared to my students, actually.

I'm very staid compared to my students, actually.

One of the reasons I think the ultra right-wing has such power in this country...

One of the reasons I think the ultra right-wing has such power in this country...

You know I've had work banned.

You know I've had work banned.

I write it to get it out of me. I don't write it to remember...

I write it to get it out of me. I don't write it to remember...

You can do whatever you want with my work.

You can do whatever you want with my work.

I mean, once work's out there it's meant to be used.

I mean, once work's out there it's meant to be used.

Traveling around I don't think people are that horrible, I think they just don't know.

Traveling around I don't think people are that horrible, I think they just don't know.

I understand that when people read my books that there's something there - but I...

I understand that when people read my books that there's something there - but I...

Some of the stuff about Yogi energy is really fascinating.

Some of the stuff about Yogi energy is really fascinating.