I like to write about things that are extreme in some form. I like to write about something I feel I have to write about. Suzanne Vega More Quotes by Suzanne Vega More Quotes From Suzanne Vega A lot of my writing is not terribly civilized. Suzanne Vega civilized writing Of course, sometimes when you write personally, you are also writing about society, obliquely reflecting topical issues, but not in a way that people would expect you to or in the way that someone trying to make a point would. Suzanne Vega issues writing people How weird it was to drive streets I knew so well. What a different perspective. Suzanne Vega wells perspective different I dont think gender is aesthetically defining for me. Suzanne Vega gender defining thinking It takes as much discipline to be a mother and a wife as it does to do anything else. Suzanne Vega discipline wife mother So you eat, you sleep, and then this wonderful child comes out, but you don't feel like you have any control over that process, over her, over her character and who she is. Suzanne Vega sleep character children I was always inventing characters and making up stories. Suzanne Vega inventing stories character I still feel conflicted because I don't always get to spend as much time with my daughter as I'd like, given my work. Suzanne Vega given daughter feels To me, a feminist belongs in the same category as a humanist or an advocate for human rights. I don't see why someone who's a feminist should be thought of differently. Suzanne Vega someone thought me human-rights I wouldn't characterize my work, however, as directly political. Suzanne Vega directly however political work