I admire narcissism in Momus and others who "own" it and use it as a way to explore ideas/themselves and also as a form of humor. I don't think of myself as narcissistic, but I'm definitely incredibly self absorbed. I… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
I admire self-awareness more than probably any other quality, and I think in terms of what qualities are "good" in a person, it's a mostly subjective opinion, so I can't see a reason to think that self-absorption is inherently a… — 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)