Sometimes I think that I was forced to withdraw into depression because it was the only rightful protest I could throw in the face of a world that said it was alright for people to come and go as they please, that there were simply no real obligations left.

I'll see Naomi Wolf on television periodically, I have nothing against her and what she says, but I'll feel that she's a politician, like she's got an agenda to get across and that she doesn't always say what's really true or exactly what she feels.

Feminism is a good venue for getting yourself across as much as for getting your point across.

Mental illness is so much more complicated than any pill that any mortal could invent

As soon as I was out in the street, I realized I didn't want to be alone after all, I realized I didn't want to be anything at all.

Just as our parents quieted us when we were noisy by putting us in front of the television set, maybe we're now learning to quiet our own adult noise with Prozac.

It was just very interesting to me that certain types of women inspire people's imagination, and all of them were very difficult women.