I don't mind a dirty girl. But what I find tragic is when we, as women, become not the subject of our own story but someone else's object.
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It's tragic when people think feminism is a dirty word.
I'm a hopeless romantic with a dirty mind.
Every woman must own her story; otherwise we are all part of the silence.
I think women have every right to feel like they're the protagonists in their own stories.
Most men I know rely on women to do all the literal dirty work.
I'm a very girlie girl, but I often find the heroes of my books trying to take over the story. In truth, I enjoy writing the male point of view more than any other.
I love stories about women.
I think human beings have a really broad spectrum of traits, and I almost feel implicated when we say, 'Men are like this, women are like this.' Nobody was telling me, 'Don't get dirty, don't play in the mud, girls don't do that.'
I think it's a question which particularly arises over women writers: whether it's better to have a happy life or a good supply of tragic plots.
Really, every woman is an example to me, because as women we go through so much pain. We have to live this perfect life when we are messed up inside. We all go through trials and tribulations.
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