Intellectually, I know I am worthy, however arbitrary a thing worthiness is, and have always been worthy.

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.

You cannot build an empire hands folded.

To reach for yourself is to survive, to reach for others is to provide.

Mistakes are nothing to be ashamed of.

I wish to note that intellectual property theft by a government represents the very essence of organized crime.

US worse off than before Saddam because US lost credibility.

Only I am clumsy, like drifting on the waves of the sea, without direction.

To create a work of art, great or small, is work, hard work, and work requires discipline and order.

Be strong! We are not here to play, to dream, to drift; We have hard work to do and loads to lift; Shun not the struggle-face it; 'tis God's gift.

To absent friends, lost loves, old gods, and the season of mists; and may each and every one of us always give the devil his due.

I try to stay on top of my game physically, emotionally, and spiritually.