“What daughter thinks of her parents in flagrante delicto? Yet, my mother, even after years with him, dropped hints such as, 'You know, your father enjoys his matinees.' I never even saw them go to the movies together. What could she mean? All those afternoons, I thought she was upstairs listening to La Traviata, and those high notes apparently were not coming from the radio.” ThinkingKnowsYearsMeanTogetherMotherFatherSexParentEnjoySawsListeningDaughterNotesRadioAfternoonHintsUpstairsHigh Notes Author:Joy Behar
“I always give books. And I always ask for books. I think you should reward people sexually for getting you books. Don't send a thank-you note, repay them with sexual activity. If the book is rare or by your favorite author or one you didn't know about, reward them with the most perverted sex act you can think of. Otherwise, you can just make out.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsGivingShouldBookAsksSexActivityNotesRewardsSexuallyYour FavoriteMake OutThank You Note Author:John Waters
“And if I'm guilty of having gratuitous sex, then I'm also guilty of having gratuitous violence, and gratuitous feasting, and gratuitous description of clothes, and gratuitous heraldry, because very little of this is necessary to advance the plot. But my philosophy is that plot advancement is not what the experience of reading fiction is about. If all we care about is advancing the plot, why read novels? We can just read Cliffs Notes.” IfsWritingLittlesPhilosophyCareReadingSexFictionNovelViolenceClothesNotesGuiltyDescriptionPlotAdvancementCliffsAdvancingFeastingReading Fiction Author:George R. R. Martin
“I conclude that the musical notes and rhythms were first acquired by the male or female progenitors of mankind for the sake of charming the opposite sex.” FirstsSexMusicMankindFemaleOppositesNotesMalesMusicalSakeRhythmCharmingMusical Notes Book:Delphi Complete Works of Charles Darwin (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Charles Darwin (Illustrated)
“Look, nearly everything in the culture says we're freaks. Doing sex work, we're desired; we can get rewarded for being what we've always wanted to be. What's so bad about that? My own notion is I wish sex work would be decriminalized (not legalized, please note the distinction) so that more trannies could get into the field if they wanted to and not get into trouble for it.” IfsLooksWould BeWantedCultureWishSexMy OwnTroubleFieldsPleaseNotesNotionDistinctionFreakSex Work Author:Kate Bornstein
“I was quite shocked at the tone I took and the judgements I had of the relationship that she embarked on, you know, sex with a minor. But it's the stuff of great drama.” KnowsSexStuffDramaNotesJudgementToneMinorsShockedScandal Author:Cate Blanchett
“Working as a journalist is exactly like being the wallflower at an orgy. I always seem to find myself at a perfectly wonderful event where everyone else is having a marvelous time, laughing merrily, eating, drinking, having sex in the back room, and I am standing on the side taking notes on it all.” SeemsSexSidesRoomsLaughingWonderfulEventsEatingStandingNotesDrinkingJournalistMarvelousHaving Sex Book:Wallflower at the Orgy Source: Wallflower at the Orgy
“I have really strong feelings about sex scenes in movies. I care a lot about sexuality and how it's depicted in mainstream media, period, but what I know is movies, and what I find is that they tend to be kind of one-note.” KnowsKindFeelingsCareStrongSexMediaPeriodsSceneNotesSexualityBe KindMainstreamI CareMainstream MediaStrong Feeling Author:Desiree Akhavan