When you've got a mother who's given birth to eight children, you know, often without any kind of medical intervention - just she gave birth to one of my brothers sort of on the bedroom floor in front of all of us -you know, you see that women are fairly capable.

I have read more about Oprah Winfrey’s ass than I have about the rise of China as an economic superpower. I fear this is no exaggeration. Perhaps China is rising as an economic superpower because its women aren’t spending all their time reading about Oprah Winfrey’s ass.

You don't need to be legendary all the time. You can just be legendary for 10 minutes a day.

It's actually technically impossible for a woman to argue against feminism. Without feminism, you wouldn't be allowed to have a debate on a woman's place in society. You'd be too busy giving birth on the kitchen floor, biting down on a wooden spoon so as not to disturb the men's card game, before going back to hoeing the rutabaga field.

You can always tell when a woman is with the wrong man, because she has so much to say about the fact that nothing's happening.

Feminism means something - legislation, cultural change - but 'Girl Power' meant nothing more than being friends with your friends.

I am not good at small talk. I will hide in a cupboard to avoid chitty-chat.