The notion that I should be fine with the status quo even if I am not wholly affected by the status quo is repulsive.

I would rather be a bad feminist than no feminist at all.

So many of us are reaching out, hoping someone out there will grab our hands and remind us we are not as alone as we fear.

Some women being empowered does not prove the patriarchy is dead. It proves that some of us are lucky.

Nemeses aren't born. They are made.

Just write and love what you're writing. And if you're not loving what you're writing, take a look at why and fix that.

People do terrible things all the time, but we don’t regularly disown our humanity. We disavow the terrible things.

You have to be consistent. You have to be yourself. You have to be committed to what you're doing. You have to not be afraid to be ambitious.

Writing, at its best and truest, can offer solace and salvation for both readers and writers.

I am a bad feminist and a good woman. I am trying to become better in how I think and say and do - without abandoning what makes me human.

When you can’t find someone to follow, you have to find a way to lead by example.

Marriage results in two possibilities: sometimes it results in prosperity, sometimes it results in destruction.

Nothing will be impossible for the one who reads.

Little Pessimism in life reminds of staying alive and not wandering in a fairy land.

Be slow to teach, and quick to learn.

If you look at the people in Hollywood who are heavy partiers, they're selfish, self-centered and egotistical.

Then I grew up, and the beauty of succulent illusions fell away from me.

A decrepit society shuns humor as a decrepit individual shuns drafts.

I’ve been wondering for a while now if the CEO role is one that I want – and the one that I’m best at.

I wish to God that Apple and Google were partners in the future.

God is living in New York, and he's a Mets fan.