For every survivor there is also a rapist.

I found I could not not let the words flow.

I want to empasize that rape is about human beings, not statistics.

Half a lifetime ago, I was forced at knifepoint to a grabage dump and gang-raped.

Sometimes the best gifts are the ones you can't get on your own.

School is about two parts ABCs to fifty parts Where Do I Stand in the Great Pecking Order of Humankind.

I think I gave Alec a complex about what kind of fighter he was, just because he wanted to live.

I have a strong sense of responsibility. I like to be directed, it's true. If I didn't like that, I'd do something else.

Dad thinks vengeance is the coolest thing about the Lord. That, and turning water into alcohol.

Most of Ayn Rand's major characters are already formed at the start of the stories.

I like this world. I like drinking champagne. I like not smoking. I like Dutch people speaking Dutch.

A highly successful person is very focused on what they want to be doing. The weekend and the week look very similar: They are focused on creating the life they want.

How could I have been a wife, a mother and a singer? Who takes care of the piccolini when you go around the world? Your children would not call you Mama, but Renata.

We are not a civilized country if we can read in a newspaper what a lady tells her boyfriend or husband.