I think men have always been afraid of women's sexuality, and the restrictions they put on women testify to that.

You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.

The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise.

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one's nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.

My generation was not only maligned in book reviews and attacked in graduate school but we lived to see our adored and adorable daughters wonder why feminism had become a dirty word.

As long as there will be something to conquer, world peace will be a pipe dream

Are you not in a race

The avant-garde and the beatniks share in the function of entertaining without endangering the good conscience of the men of good will.

Enjoy failure and learn from it. You never learn from success.

If a man could give birth it would be to a book - it's an 18-month gestation period.

The reality is that it is mainly a Republican scandal for several reasons.

Before I die, I want to fight for life.

As much as possible, I try to encourage people to use stunt men because that is really their job.

The blood of Christians is seed.

Relationships change us and make us grow.