There's no emotion more revolutionary than empathy.

Whenever one person stands up and says, “Wait a minute, this is wrong,” it helps other people do the same.

A good friendship is a conversation that never ends.

Superwoman is the adversary of the women's movement.

As a profession, freelance writing is notoriously insecure. That's the first argument in its favor. For many reasons, a few of them rational, the thought of knowing exactly what next year's accomplishments, routine, income, and vacation will be - or even what time I have to get up tomorrow morning - has always depressed me.

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.

If women could sleep their way to the top, there'd be a lot more women at the top.