The kind of power I want is the power to persuade. But I do not want the power to tell other people what to do.

Thank you for all your good and beautiful work.

But somewhere within each of us, buried at varying depths depending on the age and degree of neglect or abuse, shame or coercion we endured, there is a resistant, daydreaming, rebellious, creative, unique child -- a true self who is waiting.

It's obviously a great sign of growth and success that the media no longer try to embody the bigness and diversity of the women's movement in one person. Only a diverse group can symbolize a movement.

If you love your work, I'm not sure you have hobbies. I try to say no to things that other people could do and only say yes to things that only I could do.

Women can be vivacious. We are allowed more varieties of facial expression and gestures. Men must be rocklike.

The definition of woman's work is shitwork.