It may not be pretty, but sometimes justice has to be hard to keep the rest of us straight and safe.

When it is necessary they can be prodded into frenzies of fear and hatred, but when left to themselves they are capable of forgetting for long periods that the war is happening.

Where I grew up, women’s liberation was when you let a chick out of her cage for 15 minutes so she could stretch her legs.

Love the world and yourself in it, move through it as though it offers no resistance, as though the world is your natural element.

Every libel, which is called famosus libellus, is made either against a private man, or against a public person. If it be against a private man, it deserves a severe punishment.

I know I'm not going to sing like Aretha Franklin or Elvis Presley or any of those people.

I still love poetic imagery. I love the idea of using surrealist speak to generate lyrical content and I love the way English can be exciting in and of itself.

I love that as a theme for women: Stop standing by! You've got to make stuff happen! You've got to create your own world because if you let other people do it, they're going to just screw you.

I think worship is a lifestyle, first of all.

One can always be kind to people about whom one cares nothing.

I want to reach as many women throughout the world as I can.