Quotes from Traci Lords

Be good or don't get caught.

I have so many other interests: Writing, acting, directing, real life, I need little pieces of it all to satisfy me. The thirst is deep and I am complicated.

If you're sexy, everybody will love you. That's what I wanted -- for everybody to love me.

All we really have here on this earth is those who love us.

I feel sublime Then I lose ground Tripping on words That have no sound of love

I couldn't understand what Dad was so angry about. What had we done wrong? Was it because we were girls? My mom always said he wanted a son and I wondered if things would be different if we were boys. Would that make everything better?

What was wrong with being a girl? Was it really a man's world like my mom said? And if so, where did that leave us?

My only real escape came from fantasy. I disappeared into a world of books, becoming obsessed with science fiction. I believed in other planets and races, searching the sky at night for stars, secretly hoping to be abducted and taken to a kinder planet. Maybe God had made a mistake sending me here, I thought. It was obvious I belonged somewhere else. Here I questioned everything and nothing ever made sense.