There's two identity markers I'm sure of, and one is, I'm Jewish. And the other is, I'm a writer. There's just no arguing with either thing. I'm just Jewish.
I just went to Hebrew school, had a bar mitzvah. No crazy weird Jewish cult.
Every tattoo on my body symbolizes a phase in my career.
We love displays and symbols and stuff that quickly and silently tells the world who we are. Better yet, we love visual reminders of who we want to be.
A woman's perfume tells more about her than her handwriting.
You used to be able to tell a person's nationality by the face. Immigration ended that. Next you discerned nationality via the footwear. Globalization ended that.
I don't ever really feel that wearing my wedding ring is what determines me being married or not.
Everything we own tells too much about us.
We must buy jewelry; it identifies us with our tribe, just as body piercing identifies those of a different tribe.
A nerd can call another nerd a nerd.
I'm interested in that whole question of where we wear our identity and how can we see it.
