Old age is better for women than for men. First of all, they have less far to fall, since their lives are more mediocre than those of most men.

To lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself.

I believe that we must use language. If it is used in a feminist perspective, with a feminist sensibility, language will find itself changed in a feminist manner. It will nonetheless be the language. You can't not use this universal instrument; you can't create an artificial language, in my opinion. But naturally, each writer must use it in his/her own way.

I cannot be angry at God, in whom I do not believe.

The knight departing for new adventures offends his lady, yet she has nothing but contempt for him if he remains at her feet.

To will oneself moral and to will oneself free are one and the same decision.

Writing ... is a profession that can only be learned by writing.