You deserve to take up space.

Never ever accept 'Because You Are A Woman' as a reason for doing or not doing anything.

The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.

We teach girls shame; close your legs, cover yourself, we make them feel as though by being born female they're already guilty of something.

To choose to write is to reject silence.

Of course I am not worried about intimidating men. The type of man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the type of man I have no interest in.

If you start thinking about being likable you are not going to tell your story honestly.

There are people who dislike you because you do not dislike yourself.

Our society teaches a woman at a certain age who is unmarried to see it as a deep personal failure. While a man at a certain age who is unmarried has not quite come around to making his pick.

Privilege blinds, because it's in its nature to blind. Don't let it blind you too often. Sometimes you will need to push it aside in order to see clearly.

Culture does not make people. People make culture.

Every poet creates their own universe that looks more beautiful than reality.

We are not always right

The best assurance the role of minorities can be given is that they will not be viewed as minorities but as citizens.

Cleverness is not wisdom. And not to think mortal thoughts is to see few days.

Truth is the object of philosophy, but not always of philosophers.

Growing up, Michael Jordan was my Olympic hero.

In the middle of a wheat field under a beautiful sunshine anybody can be happy; the important thing is to be happy in the middle of a storm under the darkest clouds!

It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself.

I was always artistic - right from childhood - but my love of painting came a bit later. It followed my love of music.

Most horses don't walk backwards voluntarily, because what they can't see doesn't exist.