In the United States, the last recorded clitoridectomy for curing masturbation was performed in 1948--on a five year old girl.

I have been a depressed person most of m life. I was always in the throes of self-hatred.

One of the most radical things women can do is to love their body.

Go so far away that you stop being afraid of not coming back.

When we give in the world what we want the most, we heal the broken part inside each of us.

When you rape, beat, maim, mutilate, burn, bury, and terrorize women, you destroy the essential life energy on the planet.

Give voice to what you know to be true, and do not be afraid of being disliked or exiled. I think that's the hard work of standing up for what you see.

I think so much of neoliberalism and capitalism has caused people to live in a state of greed, fear and consumption that is covering up so much of what we really want.

If you are divided from your body, then you are divided from the body of the world.

You have to give to the world the thing that you want the most, in order to fix the broken parts inside you.

I don't get tired, because every time a woman doesn't die or doesn't get beaten or doesn't get raped or doesn't get honor-killed or doesn't get acid-burned, it's a huge victory.

There is a warin your nameI have martyred yousold you to freedomoh, Freedom

Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.

I don't even possess a car. I ride in auto-rickshaws because I like to be a part of the masses. I don't want to single myself out as someone up and above.

Is there any possibility of getting the super Welfare State's honey and avoiding the sting?

Traveling is so complicated. There are so many people everywhere. I make my best journeys on my couch.

The supernatural is the natural not yet understood.

This is a day we have managed to avoid for a quarter of a century. We've talked about it before and speculated about it, and it finally has occurred. We hoped we could push this day back forever.

The stars are so far, far away!

Is there any other industry [than the press] in this country which seeks to presume so completely to give the customer what he does not want?

Every actor wants to direct and produce, but I made a conscious decision when I was in college to understand the 'business' of 'show business.'