Quotes from Susie Bright

I had no idea that mothering my own child would be so healing to my own sadness from my childhood.

I love turning my daughter on to old movies.

When AIDS was at its most brutal, frightening, my-God-what-are-we-going-to-do era, that was when vampire stories and stories about blood and trust swept the literary world.

I think that you have to do everything you can do to empower girls when they are young, from their education, to their successful independence, to their sexual self-knowledge.

Many Americans who are not fastened at the temples to a Christian prayer book are offended by politicians who justify their decisions by piously quoting the Old Testament.

I got more and more politically active and just followed the course of feminism and sexual liberation.

Now I have to have the biggest P.O. box in the entire post office to get all the manuscripts coming in.

You name the demonstration; I was at it.

I'm a Mommy's Girl - the strongest influence in my young life was my mom.

There is more criticism of puritanism, and more distance from Christian morality, than there has been before.

I see the effects of sexual and gender liberation all around me, just like you do, but I don't have a sense of being in the majority.

You have to calendar time for yourself even if you have no idea what youre going to do with it.

I had a hard time publishing my books in the beginning of my career, because editors were afraid what people would think of THEM, personally, if their name was associated with me

I think moms need to share information on a regular, intimate basis.

In fact, I think for a lot of writers, it's so hard to be read.

Familiarity with your lover is what initially makes sex really good.

I got introduced to audiobooks because of having a baby.

So that would be a classic mixed message to young women: you should look a certain way that's going to destroy your reproductive system and your sexual appetite, but at the same time, you should be interested in sex!

It's not that sexual liberation or feminist messages are dead.

I'm like the kid in kindergarten I really do send valentines to everyone.

People who love science fiction really do love sex.

My idea of the ideal sex education site doesn't exist.

I'm a Mommy's Girl - the strongest influence in my young life was my mom.

I had no idea that mothering my own child would be so healing to my own sadness from my childhood.