And I am not one of those women who trips twice over the same stone.

The source of my difficulties has always been the same: an inability to accept what to others seems natural, and an irresistible tendency to voice opinions no one wants to hear . . .

Writing is a calling, not a choice.

I was a lousy journalist. I could never be objective. Sometimes I invented the whole story.

I love my dog unconditionally, but never the man I'm sleeping with.

Giving women education, work, the ability to control their own income, inherit and own property, benefits the society. If a woman is empowered, her children and her family will be better off. If families prosper, the village prospers, and eventually so does the whole country.

Only that, nothing more - a tiny beam of light to show some hidden aspect of reality, to help decipher and understand it and thus to initiate, if possible, a change in the conscience of some readers.