Women get hit with a double whammy. If they're attractive, they're presumed to have slept their way to the top. If they're unattractive, they are presumed to have chosen a profession because they could not get a man.

You're a unique person. You should do what you're suited to do. We all should. It's the only way to be happy. That pressure is all outside. It's external.

At my age, in this still hierarchical time, people often ask me if I’m “passing the torch.” I explain that I’m keeping my torch, thank you very much-and I’m using it to light the torches of others.

Self-esteem starts out as a personal blessing, but it becomes nothing less than an evolutionary force.

The best way for us to cultivate fearlessness in our daughters and other young women is by example.

A good friendship is a conversation that never ends.

There is a naive belief that injustice only had to be pointed out in order to be cured.