I cannot understand any woman's wanting to be the first woman to do anything. ... It is a devastating burden and I could not take it, could not be a pioneer, a Symbol of Something Greater.

That's another thing about being a certain age that I've noticed: I try as much as possible not to look in the mirror.

The odd thing about this form of communication is you're more likely to talk about nothing than something. But I just want to say that all this nothing has meant more to me than so many... somethings. So, thanks.

I look as young as a person can look given how old I am.

The image of the journalist as wallflower at the orgy has been replaced by the journalist as the life of the party.

Consciousness-raising is at the very least supposed to bring about an intimacy, but what it seems instead to bring about are the trappings of intimacy, the illusion of intimacy, a semblance of intimacy.

in a socialist country you can get rich by providing necessities, while in a capitalist country you can get rich by providing luxuries.