In the long run, Women's Liberation will of course free men-but in the short run it's going to COST men a lot of privilege, which no one gives up willingly or easily.

I feel that 'man-hating' is an honourable and viable political act, that the oppressed have a right to class-hatred against the class that is oppressing them.

Friendship is mutual blackmail elevated to the level of love.

Knowledge is power. Information is power. The secreting or hoarding of knowledge or information may be an act of tyranny camouflaged as humility.

Only she who attempts the absurd can achieve the impossible.

Clarity of language is the first casualty of authoritarianism.

Sisterhood is powerful.

We can't destroy the inequities between men and women until we destroy marriage.

Hate generalizes; love specifies. Or: The movements of hatred are toward generalization; love's movements are toward specification.

Sexism is not the fault of women - kill your fathers, not your mothers

When solutions are offered us by the people who originally brought us the problem, we do well to be suspicious.

On the other hand, she was disproportionately indulgent towards the failings of men, and was often heard to say that these were natural.

Adversity purifies the spirit and refines the soul.

You can be in love with solitude

I saw Richard Linklater's film 'Slacker' for my twenty-first birthday. That was the moment when it all seemed possible. This guy gave me hope.

Torch every book. Burn every page. Char every word to ash. Ideas are incombustible. And therein lies your real fear.

The gift without the giver is rare.

Have you seen the bologna that has the olives in it? Who's that for? 'I like my bologna like a martini. With an olive.' 'I'll have the bologna sandwich - dirty.'

As soon as I began to earn what might be called fairly large sums, I bought a car and began to explore the country around New York.

For better or worse, our future is now closely tied to human creativity.

Great acting is all about being in the moment, being in the present tense.