“so whatever you want to do, just do it...Making a damn fool of yourself is absolutely essential.”

“Women are always saying,"We can do anything that men can do." But Men should be saying,"We can do anything that women can do.”

“Writing is the only thing that when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else.”

“I do not like to write - I like to have written.”

“Don't think about making women fit the world -- think about making the world fit women." ”

“We are becoming the men we wanted to marry”

“Men should think twice before making widowhood women's only path to power.”