I won a really big fellowship to go straight on to get my Ph.D. And I went through agonies of indecision, and then I decided not to accept it. I just decided I didn't want to be an academic.

We can no longer ignore that voice within women that says: 'I want something more than my husband and my children and my home.'

Men are not the enemy, but the fellow victims. The real enemy is women's denigration of themselves.

You have to say no to the old ways before you can begin to find the new yes you need.

Diversity has got to be a part of modern feminism, and I think that my feminism is stronger because its an inclusive thing. I won't be backed into a corner that polarizes me against other women. And I wished they wouldn't be either.

It is easier to live through someone else than to complete yourself. The freedom to lead and plan your own life is frightening if you have never faced it before. It is frightening when a woman finally realizes that there is no answer to the question 'who am I' except the voice inside herself.

[Feminist:] One who believes in the liberation of that which has been suppressed as female in a man.