Male supremacy is centered on the act of sexual intercourse, justified by heterosexual practice.

Girls learn to love and have sexual feelings in a position of low status, and the eroticization of powerlessness is a normal part of the construction of femininity.

Women are prevented by the threat and reality of male violence from entering public space on equal terms with male citizens.

Masculinity is part of a binary and requires its opposite, since, in the absence of femininity, masculinity would have no meaning.

The opposite of heterosexual desire is the eroticising of sameness, a sameness of power, equality and mutuality. It is homosexual desire.

However, as Bordo herself notes, the problem with the adoption of postmodern ideas in general is that they have led some writers to disregard the materiality of power relations.

Momentum builds success.

For success, don't take the path of least resistance. Take the path of most persistence.

The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves but in our attitude towards them.

All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.

Writers are always at the edge of the inferno, and the fire is licking at our toes. Luckily, this turns us on!

Fame and stardom sat very easily on Elizabeth Taylor's shoulders.

But any Time is with us. And if we take control to shape our attitude and reshape our memories, that time is always now, - our time for the best possible uses of our lives.

All I'm thinking about today is cleaning my bathroom.

What is Maximum Governance, Minimum Government? It means government has no business to be in business.

While writing, you are more interested in seeing what happens with you in the process, because all that writing is just you sorting through and exploring and wondering and figuring out your thoughts.