Women must be the spokesmen for a new humanity arising out of the reconciliation of spirit and body.

Our great symbol for the Goddess is the moon, whose three aspects reflect the three stages in women's lives and whose cycles of waxing and waning coincide with women's menstrual cycles.

In Old Europe and Ancient Crete, women were respected for their roles in the discovery of agriculture and for inventing the arts of weaving and pottery making.

If we do not mean that God is male when we use masculine pronouns and imagery, then why should there be any objections to using female imagery and pronouns as well?

The simplest and most basic meaning of the symbol of the Goddess is the acknowledgment of the legitimacy of female power as a beneficent and independent power.

Watching birds has become part of my daily meditation affirming my connection to the earth body.

The Goddess of Old Europe and Ancient Crete represented the unity of life in nature, delight in the diversity of form, the powers of birth, death and regeneration.

I first became interested in women and religion when I was one of the few women doing graduate work in Religious Studies at Yale University in the late 1960's.

Why does everyone cling to the masculine imagery and pronouns even though they are a mere linguistic device that has never meant that God is male?

At first the ancient images of the Goddess did not interest me.

The women's movement will present a growing threat to patriarchal religion less by attacking it than by simply leaving it behind.

A true artist takes no notice whatever of the public. The public are to him non-existent

You know it's never too late to shoot for the stars regardless of who you are

Peak performers see the ability to manage change as a necessity in fulfilling thier missions.

The prime motivation in making almost any film is success, because film is the art form of the 20th century.

When I hear the word 'culture,' I get out my revolver.

Nothing brings people together more, than mutual hatred.

I don't think you need to run down someone's reputation in order to run for the office of president.

He makes a solitude, and calls it - peace!

So if you have over-indulged during the holidays, for example, please don't beat yourself up, but rather have compassion and forgiveness and perhaps, even try the Ho'oponono technique.

My most useful acting tip came from my pal John Wayne. Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much.