I think it's really important to find out why people hurt you or try to oppose you or whatever.

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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 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...

Some of the stuff about Yogi energy is really fascinating.

Some of the stuff about Yogi energy is really fascinating.

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.

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

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

You know I've had work banned.

You know I've had work banned.

I might be writing what people expect me to write, writing from that place where...

I might be writing what people expect me to write, writing from that place where...

I understand that postmodern literature probably means people like DeLillo, The Fiction Collective, but I...

I understand that postmodern literature probably means people like DeLillo, The Fiction Collective, but I...

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 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...

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...

And I'm working at trying to find a kind of language where I won't be...

And I'm working at trying to find a kind of language where I won't be...

We get on the bandwagon in all sorts of ways - you know minor ways...

We get on the bandwagon in all sorts of ways - you know minor ways...

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...

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...

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...

But guys such as Allen and William are more supportive than most men.

But guys such as Allen and William are more supportive than most men.

I'm really fascinated and you know I've been wondering about that usage of language, various...

I'm really fascinated and you know I've been wondering about that usage of language, various...

Well, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

Well, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

And internalization is used in this country as a very effective political tool.

And internalization is used in this country as a very effective political tool.