“Success and talent arent even in the same neighborhood.”

“I love writing, but I would be able to love it more if that love wasnt motivated by fear of homelessness.”

“Success and talent aren’t even in the same neighborhood.”

“Just because the book has sex in it doesn’t mean women are only reading it for the sexy bits.”

“I love writing, but I would be able to love it more if that love wasn’t motivated by fear of homelessness.”

“Don't get your panties in such a twist... and give me back mine.”

“Listen, I'm bossy. I can't help it. It's who I am and what I do. I'm pushy and I like to take over. But I'm going to work really hard not to do so much and your going to try and accept me the way I...”

“Possess. Have. Hold. Enjoy. Control. Dominate. Pick your verb, Ms. Fairchild. I intend to explore so very many of them.”

“No black woman writer in this culture can write "too much". Indeed, no woman writer can write "too much"...No woman has ever written enough.”

“When you reduce a woman to writing, she makes you think of a thousand other women”

“I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.”