Being married is like having somebody permanently in your corner. It feels limitless, not limited.

There is no such thing as a crime of passion, only a crime of possession.

Don't think about making women fit the world -- think about making the world fit women."

My father was the Jewish half of the family, yet it was my mother who taught me to have pride in that tradition.

As an activist, you do find yourself directed more toward public action. But I've always tried to use stories from my own life in my writing. It has always been clear to me that the stories of each other's lives are our best textbooks.

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.

To me, the model of success is not linear. Success is completing the full circle of yourself.