Yet we were rescued by that fancy, and saved by a myth.

Public speaking is done in the public tongue, the national or tribal language; and the language of our tribe is the men's language. Of course women learn it. We're not dumb. If you can tell Margaret Thatcher from Ronald Reagan, or Indira Gandhi from General Somoza, by anything they say, tell me how. This is a man's world, so it talks a man's language.

When I'm writing I don't dream much; it's like the dreaming gets used in the writing.

Almost anything carried to a logical extreme becomes depressing.

Crankish attacks on the freedom to read are common at present. When backed and coordinated by organized groups, they become sinister.

We decided that it was no good asking what is the meaning of life, because life isn't an answer, life is the question, and you, yourself, are the answer.

Great artists make the roads; good teachers and good companions can point them out. But there ain't no free rides, baby.