Violence is a common part of far too many women's lives.

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.

Too much mystery is merely an annoyance. Too much adventure is exhausting. And a little terror goes a long way.

My idea of government support was, you supply me with hospitals, schools and the environment to do well and that will do me fine. But do not poke your nose in my business.

By dint of that concern and because that society was willing to examine its particular reality, Solidarity could come into existence.

You don't fall in love with a gender, you fall in love with a person.

Things like water and sewage systems require states in a large-scale society, but states are also a good mechanism for dealing with health care, education, public transportation, and infrastructure.

'T is greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to heaven.

I took my time to find the perfect girl.

I'd been a fanatic of movies since I was a wee lad, so I got into the films before I got into the comics.

The wisest man is the silent one. Examine his actions. Judge him by them.

Every time a man dies, a child dies too, and an adolescent and a young man as well; everyone weeps for the one who was dear to him.