A book is a story, even if it's non-fiction, and once I've read it, I have the story with me inside my head always.

Today women have the rights and equality our Victorian sisters could only dream of, and with those privileges comes the responsibility of standing up and being counted.

Sometimes I create a character from a scrap - a mere mention that has been left behind.

I believe the era of the militant lady is back.

Change occurs slowly. Very often a legal change might take place but the cultural shift required to really accept its spirit lingers in the wings for decades.

I always thought that bagels and lox was my soul food, but it turns out it's sushi.

While I'm frustrated at the amount I'm expected to take on in the present, the 1950s woman was frustrated by being excluded - not being allowed to take things on at all.