"The best way to predict the future is to create it."

"I am a man. Now you may think I’ve made some kind of silly mistake about gender, or maybe that I’m trying to fool you, because my first name ends in 'a,' and I own three bras and a pair of high-heeled…"

"To be a writer is to be a rebel. To be a woman writer is to be a double rebel."

"I am a man, no doubt. But I am also a woman. I am a white woman. I am a white woman who lives in a white society. I am a white woman who is a feminist. I am a white woman who is a mother. I am a white…"

"It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end."