The only way to do it is to do it: by writing, writing, writing.
I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.
Superstition has its practical uses.
That's maturity-when you realize that you've finally arrived at a state of ignorance as profound as your parents.
Conventional history completely ignores half the human race.
I disapprove of matrimony as a matter of principle.... Why should any independent, intelligent female choose to subject herself to the whims and tyrannies of a husband? I assure you, I have yet to meet a man as sensible as myself! (Amelia Peabody)