It is quite possible for a work of literature to operate as a war machine upon its epoch.

Language casts sheaves of reality upon the social body, stamping it and violently shaping it.

... I am with fire between my teeth and still nothing but my blank page.

The dictionary is, however, only a rough draft.

Today, together, let us repeat as our slogan that all trace of violence must disappear from this earth, then the sun will be honey-colored and music good to hear.

Not only do we naturalize history, but also consequently we naturalize the social phenomena which express our oppression, making change impossible

The class struggle is precisely that which resolves the contradictions between two opposed classes by abolishing them at the same time that it constitutes and reveals them as classes.

The basic agreement between human beings, indeed what makes them human and makes them social, is language.

Remember. Or, failing that, invent.

I feel a near passion for intelligence at grips with itself and not letting go.

there is no 'feminine writing' ... and one makes a mistake is using and giving currency to this expression.

Digital age of business and world shall move up from apathy, to sympathy, to empathy.

It's not what a movie is about, it's how it is about it.

Baseball people, and that includes myself, are slow to change and accept new ideas. I remember that it took years to persuade them to put numbers on uniforms.

I have a love/hate relationship with just about all technology in my life. My first typewriter in particular. I had a helluva time putting new ribbon on it.

It appears to me that strong sense and acute sensibility together constitute genius.

You know the sound of two hands clapping; tell me, what is the sound of one hand?

I don't get a whole lot out of the romance thing, but I realize girls do. So I'll go out of my way to make them feel romanced.

The days of foot-in-the-door harassment and snatched photos are gone.

I want my models to be bigger, stronger and taller than common mortals.

Feminism is the theory, lesbianism is the practice.