Women are their own worst enemies. And guilt is the main weapon of self-torture . . . Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilty and I'll show you a man.

When I sit down at my writing desk, time seems to vanish. I think it's a wonderful way to spend one's life.

You must find the right voice (or voices) for the timbre that can convince a reader to give himself up to you.

Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.

A man assumes that a woman's refusal is just part of a game. Or, at any rate, a lot of men assume that. When a man says no, it's no. When a woman says no, it's yes, or at least maybe. There is even a joke to that effect. And little by little, women begin to believe in this view of themselves.

Beware of the man who praises women's liberation; he is about to quit his job.

We don't have a clear path forward, and that's been the case for feminism since the 18th century, when the idea of the rights of women actually began.