I think a lot of writers, male and female, write as if their parents were killed in a car accident when they were 2, and they have no one to hold accountable. And unfortunately, I don't have that. I have parents who I care about what they think.
I regard freedom of expression as the primary right without which one can not have a proper functioning democracy.
I've always been a journal-keeper. I've always tried to write about how I'm experiencing life, and my feelings and thoughts.

