You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.

It is a sad paradox that when male authors impersonate women ... they are said to be dealing with 'cosmic, major concerns' - but when we impersonate ourselves we are said to be writing 'women's fiction' or 'women's poetry.

I look forward and see myself look back.

Where is Hollywood located? Chiefly between the ears. In that part of the American brain lately vacated by God.

There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship, only backward.

The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.

Feminism is really the right of women to be full human beings and to not be defined only by their childbearing function. Feminism is really the right of women to be human beings. That's it, yet that's so frightening to a lot of people. A full human being wants satisfying work and love. A full human being is entitled to both, and is not simply defined by only one aspect of her being.