Men may feel just disempowered by intimacy, by being close to a woman, and also by feeling the tender feelings that they're ashamed of.

A liberated woman is one who has sex before marriage and a job after.

The origins of violence against women by men are not biological. If that were the case, it would exist in every culture. And it doesn't exist in every culture.

A movement happens when people are inspired by somebody, but they do it themselves. You don't wait for someone else. You do it yourself.

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.

There's really a shortage of good freelance writers. ... There are a lot of talented people who are very erratic, so either they don't turn it in or they turn it in and it's rotten; it's amazing. Somebody who's even maybe not all that terrific but who is dependable, who will turn in a publishable piece more or less on time, can really do very well.

Clinging to the past is the problem. Embracing change is the answer.