I think that instead of feminism being a political thing, it should be an act of creativity. It's more of a rock n' roll thing.

As far as I'm concerned, you're a feminist by default if you're born in the Western world right now.

Feminism has had exactly the same problem that "political correctness" has had: people keep using the phrase without really knowing what it means.

There's something so free about being a fan and being enthusiastic about stuff - you attract all the other people who are also loving and enthusiastic when you're sending out signals of love. When you start to communicate cynicism and hatred, it leads you down a completely different path.

The first thing to improve society is not banning abortion, but making sure that everyone who had a child is in the best position to be able to rear it.

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 always give three pieces of advice to all the teenage girls when I do my talks: long country walks - it's important to get some fresh air in your lungs, and be in contact with your body; masturbation - it takes the edge off, it'll get you through; and the revolution - believing in changing the world.