My generation was not only maligned in book reviews and attacked in graduate school but we lived to see our adored and adorable daughters wonder why feminism had become a dirty word.

Women's books are kind of discriminated against. If a man writes a book about his family stories, people think of it as literature. If it's a woman, she's 'spilling her guts,' and it's not art.

The problem with feminism in the second wave was that we fought so much among ourselves, and I think we did so much damage to the movement... and I think the next wave, the third wave, is women mentoring younger women and women helping younger women to enter the political process and the writing world.

I think feminism means what it has always meant - women want to use all their gifts, all their talents and be judged impartially for them. I don't think feminism has ever meant anything else.

I love how people in this business push themselves to know themselves, the world, and their creativity better.

When someone's a writer, it's very creative and moody, and you think of someone walking around the office in pajamas thinking of ideas.

Creativity is all around us, and some of the funniest, most beautiful, and touching moments happen when you least expect it.

I'm pursuing a degree in mental health counseling. It'll be a long journey, and I still want to do music and other creative projects.