“True revolutionary activity, in my opinion, is that which hurts the establishment without undue damage to the person who does the revolutionary act. You see.”

“[When asked by a male heckler, "Are you a lesbian?"]Are you my alternative?”

“There are very few jobs that actually require a penis or vagina. All other jobs should be open to everybody.”

“And suddenly I was lying on the floor looking up at the ceiling, my face numb. At least, numb until the adrenaline vanished and pain flooded into every nerve of my skull. I blinked away stars and Tweety Birds, to see Dec and Abe standing above me and looking down, both of their faces frozen in different ways: DECLAN / ABE Worry / Worry Shock / Shock Anger / Mortification Rage / Guilt hating seeing loved one hurt / hating having hurt a friend about to go Hulk-like / wanting to run, but standing his ground”

“Without Revolutionary theory, there can be no Revolutionary Movement.”

“Literature should be a kind of revolutionary manifesto against established morality and established society.”

“Optimism is a revolutionary act”