“I'd say it's never a challenge to present white and heteronormative privilege. The hard thing is to write any other way.” WayWritingHardChallengesWhitePrivilegeHard Things Author:Nell Zink
“In the rural South, the only interesting people were the sexual deviants. Everybody else was able to be part of the mainstream, and could find a way somehow.” PeopleWayAbleInterestingSouthMainstreamDeviants Author:Nell Zink
“I have known many people who were seduced as children by same-sex partners and then spent their teen years being gay, and then found their way back to heterosexuality as adults.” PeopleWayYearsChildrenFoundSexKnownGayAdultsPartnersBeing GayHeterosexuality Author:Nell Zink
“Human beings are just way more complex than they'd like to be. They like to be simple machines. And they'll set up fantasy scenarios where they're simple machines, and get hurt and do things they regret.” WayHumansHurtHuman BeingsSimpleFantasyRegretMachinesComplexesScenarios Author:Nell Zink