I am an artist and a political being as well.

every actor knows that tragedy, being linear and inevitable, is taxing - but comedy, which depends on the element of surprise, is the hardest act of all.

Legitimate revolution must be led by, made by those who have been most oppressed: black, brown, yellow, red, and white women-with men relating to that the best they can.

raised' consciousness means lifelong bumping up against a continually receding ceiling. I mean, who ever 'graduates'?

Your life is the one place you have to spend yourself fully - wild - generous, drastic in an unrationed profligacy of self.

Sexism is not the fault of women - kill your fathers, not your mothers

When table utensils were invented in the 1100s, the Catholic Church condemned them as obscene and heretical, claiming, 'God gave us fingers with which to eat.' And we're supposed to get politically discouraged? Oh please. We're being opposed by people who denounced the fork.