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

Self-esteem isn't everything; it's just that there's nothing without it.

I think that we need to change the culture, not blame the people that are playing the only game that exists.

I'm more often confronted by women who come from religious traditions and don't feel that they have a place in the feminist movement. I've felt pressure when reporters asked me, "Do you believe in God?" I do say, "No. I believe in people."

I want us to organize, to tell the personal stories that create empathy, which is the most revolutionary emotion. The truth of the mater is that hierarchy and violence can't be remedied by more hierarchy and violence. The end doesn't justify the means, the means we choose decide the end we get. The means are the end.

Most writers write to say something about other people - and it doesn't last. Good writers write to find out about themselves - and it lasts forever.

women used to be elected only when their husbands died and they became widows. The men found this was too hard on them. That's why they've become feminists.