There are worse words than cuss-words, there are words that hurt.

That's what I want to be when I grow up, just a peaceful wreck holding hands with other peaceful wrecks.

And when is there time to remember, to sift, to weigh, to estimate, to total?

I very much dislike the word "race," and I never use it. I use the word "racist." Race is not a fact. There is only one race: human. Skin color is less than 2 percent of the DNA.

Every woman who writes is a survivor.

The fact that human beings do not put up forever with misery, humiliation, degradation, actual physical deprivation but act is a fact which every human being should know about. We are a species that makes changes.

More than in any other human relationship, overwhelmingly more, motherhood means being instantly interruptible, responsive, and responsible