"I write to discover what I know."

“A community which refuses to welcome - whether through fear, weariness, insecurity, a desire to cling to comfort, or just because it is fed up with visitors - is dying spiritually.”

“Pink is female - but why? Are girls any more pink than boys? Are boys any more blue than girls? It's something that has been sold to us, mostly so other things can be sold to us.”

“I don't think of myself as being invincible anymore.”

“When I write a note, it sticks in my head differently.”

“I love paying tax so much, the sight of a gritter lorry gives me an erection”

Source : "Edinburgh festival rapid review: Jon Richardson" by Paul MacInnes, www.theguardian.com. August 6, 2008.

“The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.”

“Women are denied masturbation even more severely than men and that's another method of control-they're not taught to please themselves.... Most women-it takes them a while to warm up to the "situation" but once they get into it, I'm sure they're going to get just as hooked as-well, everyone I know is!”

“I find that if I've taken care of myself first, I can then be there fully for everyone else.”

Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. August 1, 2014.