My grandchildren are fabulous and funny.

I think feminism means what it has always meant - women want to use all their gifts, all their talents and be judged impartially for them. I don't think feminism has ever meant anything else.

A dreary censorship, and self-censorship, has been imposed on books by the centralization of the book industry.

We all parent the best we can. Being human, we're ambivalent. We want perfection for our babies, but we also need sleep.

Isn't that the problem? That women have been swindled for centuries into substituting adornment for love, fashion (as it were) for passion?

Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.

it is not unusual to hate great writers before we learn to love them. Because they have created something that did not yet exist, they must also create their audience. Sometimes the audience is not yet ready. Sometimes it has yet to be born.