I don't believe in organized religion. I believe that people should try to connect with their own life force and let it lead them to do with their lives what they will find satisfying.

Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.

Women really must have equal pay for equal work, equality in work at home, and reproductive choices. Men must press for these things also. They must cease to see them as "women's issues" and learn that they are everyone's issues - essential to survival on planet Earth.

If, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair.

The camera creates a magical transformation. It's not enough to exist; we must chronicle that existence. ... Narrative- and image-making creatures like humans don't feel any experience is complete unless it's recorded.

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

Despite all the cynical things writers have said about writing for money, the truth is we write for love. That is why it is so easy to exploit us.