I have never regarded any man as my superior, either in my life outside or inside prison.

[N]ever in my wildest nightmare did I think there was anyone saying men are actually women if they just say it.

My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch.

Having never discovered qualities in myself that might attract someone else, I could never believe that anyone felt attracted to me.

"I never met anybody who said when they were a kid, "I wanna grow up and be a critic.

My gender has never been a factor.

“When I was a child I said I don't want to be a woman.

"my mother never saw the irony of calling me a "son of a bitch

Nobody could tell me writing was a man’s job.

I felt I didn't belong to either family.

I for one don't want to be ranked among idiots, felons, and minors any longer, for I am none of them.

I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me.

I have never tried to compare myself to anyone else.

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.