If writers just sit and talk about oppression, they are not going to do much writing.
A writer who takes political, social or literary positions must act only with the means that are his. These means are the written words.
I write because I have an innate need to. I write because I can't do normal work. I write because I want to read books like the ones I write. I write because I am angry at everyone. I write because I love sitting in a room all day writing. I write because I can partake of real life only by changing it.
Books and all forms of writing have always been objects of terror to those who seek to suppress the truth.
Everybody has to write out of rage sometimes.
If you are killed because you are a writer, that's the maximum expression of respect, you know.
Women who are inclined to write poetry at all are inspired by being mad at something.
I am suspicious of writers who go looking for issues to address. Writers are neither preachers nor journalists. Journalists know much more than most writers about what's going on in the world. And if you want to change things, you do journalism.
I write for free online out of love, passion, and often, rage.
