It is not surprising that Venice is known above all for mirrors and glass since Venice is the most narcissistic city in the world, the city that celebrates self-mirroring.

Sometimes it was worth all the disadvantages of marriage just to have that: one friend in an indifferent world.

Sex just as a drive, as a hormonal drive, is not very interesting.

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

I mostly hate organized religion, which I think is a force for the oppression of women and creates warfare.

What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not exhortation. Freedom is a loose leash, license to be different from your mother and still be loved...Freedom is...not insisting that your daughter share your limitations. Freedom also means letting your daughter reject you when she needs to and come back when she needs to. Freedom is unconditional love.

I think men have always been afraid of women's sexuality, and the restrictions they put on women testify to that.