I write toward both idealism and reality - how things are and how I wish they could be.

I would rather be a bad feminist than no feminist at all.

So many of us are reaching out, hoping someone out there will grab our hands and remind us we are not as alone as we fear.

Some women being empowered does not prove the patriarchy is dead. It proves that some of us are lucky.

Nemeses aren't born. They are made.

Just write and love what you're writing. And if you're not loving what you're writing, take a look at why and fix that.

People do terrible things all the time, but we don’t regularly disown our humanity. We disavow the terrible things.

You have to be consistent. You have to be yourself. You have to be committed to what you're doing. You have to not be afraid to be ambitious.

Writing, at its best and truest, can offer solace and salvation for both readers and writers.

I am a bad feminist and a good woman. I am trying to become better in how I think and say and do - without abandoning what makes me human.

When you can’t find someone to follow, you have to find a way to lead by example.

Pay attention to proverbs.

I used to be kind of bitter and jealous as well, but I get it. It's business.

Look up at the stars and you're gone.

Leadership can be defined in one word - honesty. You must be honest with the players and honest with yourself.

I never met anybody in my life who says, I want to be a critic. People want to be a fireman, poet, novelist.

The worship most acceptable to God comes from a thankful and cheerful heart.

Worrying is wasted time. Use the same energy for doing something about whatever worries you.

You are much closer than you think to creating a life you adore.

there is no gain without risk, perhaps no risk without love.

True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of God.