Alison Bechdel

I suppose that a lifetime spent hiding one's erotic truth could have a cumulative renunciatory effect. Sexual shame is in itself a kind of death.

— Alison Bechdel

It's a hard thing to age a character because you can't really suddenly give someone gray hair.

— Alison Bechdel

I am not ultimately interested in writing fiction. I can't make things up. Or rather, I can only make things up about things that have already happened.

— Alison Bechdel