"In using the style of the erotic/pornographic story, I am interested in dismantling stereotypes of an essential feminine identity, particularly one of exclusive tenderness and passivity."

“The weakest spot in every man is where he thinks himself to be the wisest.”

Source : Nathanael Emmons (1842). “The Works of Nathanael Emmons, D.D.: With a Memoir of His Life [written by Himself]”, p.135

“I was never that comfortable in front of the camera, it always terrified me,”

“October is the fallen leaf, but it is also a wider horizon more clearly seen. It is the distant hills once more in sight, and the enduring constellations above them once again.”

“A lack of money is never, ever, ever a problem. A lack of money is merely a symptom of what is going on underneath.”

“This hand is not very active always, because it was in this hand that I carried my books. My carrying hand was always my strongest. Now I think my other hand has developed more muscles from signing all those autographs.”

“By religion I mean perfected manhood,--the quickening of the soul by the influence of the Divine Spirit.”

“You can’t get away from yourself, but you can get yourself out of the way.”

“I believe the power to make money is a gift of God.”