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.

In a way women are fleshier because of estrogen. It's hard for us to lose weight because when we get super skinny we don't ovulate. Women in camps during the Holocaust didn't menstruate and didn't ovulate. They were starving; they were terrified. Why emulate that condition? It's nonsensical to me.

Every time I catch myself saying, "Oh no, you shouldn't try that," I think, "Yes, I should."

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

If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.

Don't ye know that ev'ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?

Once I worshipped Keats for dying young. Now I think it's braver to die old.