Show, not tell, right? Action, not words. You don’t want to hear how sorry I am or how things will be different this time. You want to see it with your own eyes. And until I can show you that, you won’t tell me what I want to hear. Ann Aguirre More Quotes by Ann Aguirre More Quotes From Ann Aguirre I am a woman. I write SF. And it's not acceptable to treat me as anything less than an equal. I won't stand for it. Ann Aguirre treat woman i-am me Too often, women are portrayed in two ways: as prizes to be won by men or as damsels in distress. Ann Aguirre women-are women men two I had a respected SF writer call me 'girlie' and demand that I get him a coffee, before the panel we were on together. Ann Aguirre get me coffee together I've held my silence when I probably shouldn't have. But I was in the minority, a woman writing SF, and I was afraid of career backlash. I was afraid of being excluded or losing opportunities if I didn't play nice. Ann Aguirre woman nice silence losing He's earned a lifetime of peace and happiness, but some people never get what they deserve. That's why there are saints in gutters and sadists in palaces. Ann Aguirre gutters saint people