I'm more often confronted by women who come from religious traditions and don't feel that they have a place in the feminist movement. I've felt pressure when reporters asked me, "Do you believe in God?" I do say, "No. I believe in people."

the new women in politics seem to be saying that we already know how to lose, thank you very much. Now we want to learn how to win.

The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day; a movement is only people moving.

Childbirth is more admirable than conquest, more amazing than self-defense, and as courageous as either one.

Our children are the only people on whom we can safely take revenge for what was done to us.

I haven't been in a job situation in which I was competing with other women. As a writer, you're more likely to be treated as an individual.

I spend a lot of time on college campuses, and I don't quite understand where the idea comes from that young women are not moving forward. In fact, statistically, if you look at the public opinion polls, young women are much more supportive of feminism and feminist issues than older women are.