Sit a man on his ass with nothing to do but eat and the first thing that goes is his mind. It never fails.

Privileged groups, like everyone else, want to think well of themselves and to believe that they are acting generously and justly.

I once asked a young dissertation writer whether her suddenly grayed hair was due to ill health or personal tragedy; she answered: “It was the footnotes”.

I think we ought to decide that man-hating is not only respectable but honorable. To be a misandrist a woman needs considerable ingenuity, originality, and resilience. A misogynist requires no such resources.

Sit a man on his ass with nothing to do but eat and the first thing that goes is his mind. It never fails.

Real artists, it seems to me, are those who don't repeat themselves.

There are plenty of images of women in science fiction. There are hardly any women.