As a writer, I must be free to say what is in all the diversity I can command. I regret the distorting prejudices that surround me, whether they affect homosexuals or men or the physically handicapped and I can't alone defeat them. They will not defeat me, either as a lesbian or a writer.

A Hot-Eyed Moderate: Essays (ed. Open Road Media, 2013) - ISBN: 9781480429482