I Took My Writing Seriously, And It

Topologically, Men And Women Are Identical. Some Things Are Just Larger And More Developed In One Than The Other And Positioned Differently.

I Took My Writing Seriously, And It Seemed To Pay Off.

From 1968 On, I Was Pretty Much The Black, Gay Sf Writer.

In The Arts, People Are Always Waiting For Someone Or Some Movement To "fulfill Her/its/his Promise." Then, Half-a-dozen Or A Dozen Years On, Others Begin To Realize That, Really, Something Extraordinary Was Actually Happening.

But I Realized Something. About Art. And Psychiatry. They're Both Self-perpetuating Systems. Like Religion. All Three Of Them Promise You A Sense Of Inner Worth And Meaning, And Spend A Lot Of Time Telling You About The Suffering You Have To Go Through To Achieve It.