All Francesca Lia Block Quotes
- You're meant to have whatever your heart desires. Whatever your heart wants that much is already a part of you. Desire
- I saw my own blood and I thought, how could I live in a world where this exists- where love can become death? Become Death
- It was like when we were little kids and we played games on the ivy-covered hillside in the backyard. We were warriors and wizards and… Angel
- The most Beautiful people are the ones that don't look like one race or even one sex. Beautiful
- I think depression creates in me an urgent need to write, but I also believe that daily stress, and even the positive stress of intense… Believe
- Once upon a time . . . What time are we upon and where do I belong? Belong
- Our stories can set us free. When we set them free. Free
- Write with abandon and no constraints for first draft. Cut brutally and save in separate files on second draft. Add conflict; don't be afraid to… Abandon
- The true warrior isn't immune to fear. She fights in spite of it. Fear
- I wanted to die, then. I wanted to destroy the body I was trapped in, become what she was, no matter what it took. No… Almost Trying
- That was when I cut my arms with a razor blade as a means of creative expression. I only did it lightly, just grazing the… Arms
- I try to see the dark and light in everything. This is my way of comforting myself when I am dealing with those emotions. Comforting
- It's not that I literally think I'm a fearie. It's just that I feel so different from most people. And this idea of a race… All
- Any alphabet book for children where 'P is for Patti' Smith and 'X is for the women whose names we don't know' is something I… Alphabet
- Writing is literally transformative. When we read, we are changed. When we write, we are changed. It's neurological. To me, this is a kind of… Changed
- I am constantly thinking ahead to what I want to write about in the future, and when I'm done with one project, I give myself… Ahead
- I love Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton. I also love more cerebral poets like H.D. and Emily Dickinson. My parents subscribed to a monthly poetry… Anne
- It's scary to become a woman in this world. We have to understand that some of the messages we get, messages that we are not… Buy
- Writing is very cathartic for me. As a teacher, I hear many students say that writing can be painful and exhausting. It can be, but… Believe
- She began to feel like the plastic doll she had been named after, without even a hole where her mouth was supposed to be. Been