I'm not very close to my parents. My stepfather (in my opinion) was very emotionally abusive when I was growing up and there were a lot of other issues I don't feel comfortable talking about publicly. I spent a lot… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
I think I would have been a lot more miserable and discovered a lot less of things I liked if I hadn't had LiveJournal in high school. I think it's interesting how blogging seems to be shaping a new generation… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
The second guy I met on the Internet was Tom, who I dated for around 6 months, which is by far the longest relationship… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
What i'm trying to get at is that to me nothing felt glamorous or exciting or sexually liberating about it. I also think the… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
There's just something "off" about equating the act of spending three years writing a book with the act of someone exploiting themselves by drunkenly… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
I seem to have made my friends proud of me/proud to know me. I also feel I've learned and grown a lot even in… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
Obviously this all gets tricky/complicated when your writing reveals so much of your private/intimate life, and the nature of writing on the Internet comes… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
Basically, I feel inspired by any artist that seems to want to introduce the world to their likes and perspective rather than trying to… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
The pictures feel as essential to me as the text. I was always interested in including pictures with writing. — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
One thing about having mostly absent parents that I think was perhaps "good" for the development of my intellect/writing is that I was given… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
I've gotten a lot of exposure for my writing. My writing blog has gotten over 1000 unique hits since the Observer piece (quite a… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
I want to say that of course I want my writing to be read and discussed by as many people as possible, but this… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
Besides the money aspect, I guess I was curious about sex work. In the way that most people are, but also because ever since… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
Towards the end of it [working as an escort girl] I could feel myself drifting towards a liquor habit and I had a few… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
![“Towards the end of it [working as an escort girl] I could feel myself drifting towards a liquor habit and I had a few minor mental breakdowns due to a what I felt like was a constant chipping away at my personhood (guys thinking I would have unprotected sex with them if they just paid me fifty…” quote by Marie Calloway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1e5/marie-calloway-17169_abusive_towards-the-end-of-it-working-as-an-esco_1227247.jpg)