The bar is masculine, and women must adopt traditionally masculine characteristics – cultivated insensitivity, goal-orientated thinking, the prioritising of the material – to compete.

It is only through my daughter that I have come to realise that a life without femininity – devoid of mystery, emotion, gentleness and the unerring power of a woman’s love – is no life at all.

In our circle, stress was a valuable status marker: I stress, therefore I am.

Each of us can improve our internal person and develop the character required for a successful life

Life is about showing up, so is writing. That’s why I sit at my desk every day and dance my fingers across the keyboard

If someone says or does something hurtful, call upon heaven for protection and healing.

When a 12-year-old, a 13-year-old, so desperately wants a baby what she's looking for is the kind of unconditional love a child gives a mother and a mother gives a child.

I'm an expert. I can kill anybody and not be caught.

I need time to develop the idea into a plot before I talk about it.

I no longer limit myself.

I am happy that Poland is returning to the road of pluralism and democracy.

Solutions will not be found while Indigenous people are treated as victims for whom someone else must find solutions.