The enemy is not men. The enemy is the concept of patriarchy, the concept of patriarchy as the way to run the world or do things.

There are some very powerful contributions to knowledge in the scientific world or the legal world, but art is singular. That's why every dictator gets rid of the artists first. They burn the books and execute the artists first. Then they get on with whatever else they're interested in. Art might do something. It's dangerous.

I don't think I knew any of my father's friends - male friends - by their real names. I remember them only by their nicknames.

If you can't count, they can cheat you. If you can't read, they can beat you.

I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer - its dust and lowering skies.

Passion is never enough; neither is skill.

Long before I was a success, my parents made me feel like I could be one.