Human beings tolerate what they understand they have to tolerate.

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I believe only in art and failure.

I believe only in art and failure.

I had always said to myself that forty was the cut off point of my...

I had always said to myself that forty was the cut off point of my...

Morality is a test of our conformity rather than our integrity.

Morality is a test of our conformity rather than our integrity.

Writing is far too hard work to say what someone else wants me to. Serving...

Writing is far too hard work to say what someone else wants me to. Serving...

My private measure of success is daily. If this were to be the last day...

My private measure of success is daily. If this were to be the last day...

Morality, like language, is an invented structure for conserving and communicating order. And morality is...

Morality, like language, is an invented structure for conserving and communicating order. And morality is...

People genuinely happy in their choices seem less often tempted to force them on other...

People genuinely happy in their choices seem less often tempted to force them on other...

Love is the terrible secret people are suspected of unless they're married, then one always...

Love is the terrible secret people are suspected of unless they're married, then one always...

The message of women's liberation is that women can love each other and ourselves against...

The message of women's liberation is that women can love each other and ourselves against...

Every artist seems to me to have the job of bearing witness to the world...

Every artist seems to me to have the job of bearing witness to the world...

If we don't bear witness as citizens, as people, as individuals, the right that we...

If we don't bear witness as citizens, as people, as individuals, the right that we...

I've never been resigned to ready-made ideas as I was to ready-made clothes, perhaps because...

I've never been resigned to ready-made ideas as I was to ready-made clothes, perhaps because...

If the tenth of the population that is gay became visible tomorrow, the panic of...

If the tenth of the population that is gay became visible tomorrow, the panic of...

Coming out, all the way out, is offered more and more as the political solution...

Coming out, all the way out, is offered more and more as the political solution...

I didn't want to be a boy, ever, but I was outraged that his height...

I didn't want to be a boy, ever, but I was outraged that his height...

I didn't want to be a boy, ever, but I was outraged that his height...

I didn't want to be a boy, ever, but I was outraged that his height...

A woman can keep one secret - the secret of her age

A woman can keep one secret - the secret of her age

I love it when women come up to me and tell me I'm a positive...

I love it when women come up to me and tell me I'm a positive...

Oh, woman, woman! When to ill thy mind is bent, all Hell contains no fouler...

Oh, woman, woman! When to ill thy mind is bent, all Hell contains no fouler...

There are no ugly women, only lazy ones

There are no ugly women, only lazy ones

Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel...

Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel...