Let's just say that global warming deniers are now on a par with Holocaust deniers.
You can believe in women's rights without believing that every woman is right.
Forty is ... an age at which people have histories and options. At thirty, they had perhaps less history. At fifty, perhaps fewer options.
Ultimately, time is all you have and the idea isn't to save it, but to savour it.
She goes in with a prejudice and comes out with a statistic.
Maybe at 20 you can write well, but I don't think you could do what I do. Some things have to happen to you first.