That's what we're here on this Earth for, to help others.

I have an independent streak. You know, it's kind of hard to tell a independent woman what to do.

The search for human freedom can never be complete without freedom for women.

You can make it, but it's easier if you don't have to do it alone.

A liberated woman is one who feels confident in herself, and is happy in what she is doing. She is a person who has a sense of self-it all comes down to a freedom of choice.

You never know what you can do until you have to do it.

I feel it's important to be active. People who retire, sit by their swimming pool and golf course and plan to relax have a very empty life.

Being a lady does not require silence.

My makeup wasn't smeared, I wasn't disheveled, I behaved politely, and I never finished off a bottle, so how could I be alcoholic?

I don't look at what I've lost. I look instead at what I have left.

Any woman should have the right to a safe and legal abortion.

Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of things that are to be.

I'm not interested in the heroes or the villains. I'm interested in playing people.

I now see how gifts like courage, compassion, and connection only work when they are exercised. Every day.

If my life was a film, I’d have walked out by now.

Hello Frances, I have just been to health class, and I was wondering how your feminine parts were developing.

There's nothing wrong with being afraid. It's not the absence of fear, it's overcoming it. Sometimes you've got to blast through and have faith.

I have no idea! I have been writing for 35 years and from the beginning up to now the situation's almost the same. I'm kind of an ugly duckling. Always the duckling, never the swan.

I don't know if it's better to have people laugh at what you are or just not understand.

Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images.

Veterans' issues are quite close to my heart. I find it quite hard to talk about, actually.