We choose to be writers because we don't want to talk.

Even when educators survey grade school texts and create new bibliographies to help teachers include Asians, Eskimos, and other Americans, females in and out of those groups may be down-played or forgotten.

What has the women’s movement learned from Geraldine Ferraro’s candidacy for vice president? Never get married.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.

you never know which thing you do is going to turn out to be important. I'm sure we've all done very small things that had very great impact and very big things that didn't make any difference. So, create the means that best reflect the ends we want. Try to make each moment authentic, and you'll get to an authentic end.

I have always employed humor, and I think it's absolutely crucial that we do because, among other things, humor is the only free emotion.

We know from many forms of suffering that what is important first is a witness - people want to know that someone else knows what's happening, that they're not alone - and someone who listens to what is needed and tries to help.