"The art of life is not to be a slave to your own desires."

"The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn. We are filled with popular wisdom of several centuries just past, and we are terrified to give it up."

"Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else."

"At my age, in this still hierarchical time, people often ask me if I'm 'passing the torch.' I explain that I'm keeping my torch, thank you very much-and I'm using it to light the torches of others."

"I want to thank the women who are here, and the women who aren't, for making me possible."