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.

In a world where women work three times as hard for half as much, our achievement has been denigrated, both marriage and divorce have turned against us, our motherhood has been used as an obstacle to our success, our passion as a trap, our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

All people believe their suffering is greater than others.

It's easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.

Never joke with the press. Irony does not translate into newsprint.

Each artist or writer who works in Venice comes to believe that the city yields its most special secret to him or her alone.