You can't always measure the effects of activist work; you just have to wish and pray that the message gets through.

The cynicism that you have is not your real soul.

We need to really do something about the world. Otherwise, we're all going to blow up together.

I'm not the kind of woman who would love to make soup or knit sweaters. I never cherished that so much.

We don't live by just sleeping and eating. We need pride and dignity in our lives. Work gives you that.

Some people think that movements, such as the movements in ballet, are a higher cultural expression, whereas some are just dirt. I think it is elitist to think that a trained movement is more acceptable than untrained and possibly unrehearsed movements.

A lot of things have been thrown at me in life, and I've got through it all without a rule book, taking it one day at a time.