American culture never necessarily made sense to me, but they should warn you: leaving comes with a huge sense of alienation that never goes away. — Jessa Crispin Copy Share Image
“It is our entire culture, the way it runs on money, rewards inhumanity, encourages disconnection and isolation, causes great inequality and suffering, that's the enemy. That is the only enemy worth fighting.” — Jessa Crispin Copy Share Image
You don't have to go to New York and you don't have to go to LA or London. Go somewhere cheap. Go somewhere with… — Jessa Crispin Copy Share Image
Feminism now seems to be defined as success is defined: as being as good at capitalism as men are. I feel very estranged from… — Jessa Crispin Copy Share Image
Women still get angry at me. I mean, men go after me sometimes, but most of the bad responses come from women. — Jessa Crispin Copy Share Image
I mean, many times your creative problem is accidentally your personal problem, but it's not quite the same. — Jessa Crispin Copy Share Image
Most of what I do is for creative people - writers and painters and photographers - trying to work through creative problems. — Jessa Crispin Copy Share Image
I knew my motivations for going to each place and what I was looking for. If I don't do that then I generally don't… — Jessa Crispin Copy Share Image
Once you leave, you're no longer of that country, but you are never actually of the country that you go to, and if you… — Jessa Crispin Copy Share Image
Just send the emails and talk to people. Spend all your money on nail polish and opera tickets. — Jessa Crispin Copy Share Image
I wish other people would write about loneliness more. It's hard to remember that it's not personal. We live in a world that is… — Jessa Crispin Copy Share Image
