I was inspired by my life. I was inspired by the lives of many women doctors around me. So [Memoirs of a Woman Doctor ] is a mixture.

To be creative means to connect. It's to abolish the gap between the body, the mind and the soul, between science and art, between fiction and nonfiction.

Women are half the society. You cannot have a revolution without women. You cannot have democracy without women. You cannot have equality without women. You can't have anything without women.

Danger has been a part of my life ever since I picked up a pen and wrote. Nothing is more perilous than truth in a world that lies.

She is free to do what she wants, and free not to do it.

When we live in a world that is very unjust, you have to be a dissident.

Solidarity between women can be a powerful force of change, and can influence future development in ways favourable not only to women but also to men.

All the men I did get to know, every single man of them, has filled me with but one desire: to lift my hand and bring it smashing down on his face.

If you are creative, you must be dissident.

To have arrived at the truth means that one no longer fears death. For death and truth are similar in that they both require a great courage if one wishes to face them.

To me, 'beauty' means to be natural, creative, honest - to say the truth.

In the midst of winter, I find within me the invisible summer...

I think that one of the biggest flaws ofmankind is that we become complacent with our lives.

Dunn's Law:Careful planning is no substitute for dumb luck.

Instead of reflecting on the past, predict the future.

Serving others breaks you free from the shackles of self and self-absorption that choke out the joy of living.

All I know is politics. Really, politics takes up most of my time; it's nonstop.

If your investments are limited to this earth, you are the world's worst investor.

People sometimes get in the habit of being loyal to a mistake.

If the Good Lord intended for us to walk, he wouldn't have invented rollar skates.

The force of his own merit makes his way-a gift that heaven gives for him.