“The woman who does not provoke any discussion has no interest in you.”

“Give me a man or woman who has read a thousand books and you give me an interesting companion. Give me a man or woman who has read perhaps three and you give me a dangerous enemy indeed.”

“Most women would like to dress imaginatively, but they glare at any woman who does.”

“Disavow anyone who provokes or accepts the extermination of a race to which he does not belong.”

“I see myself not as a leader but as somebody who initiates things or finds the problem or provokes a discussion. You have to be always ready to engage, willing to participate. When events or history happen, you just have to be aware and respond.”

“There’s a lot of people sitting around in rooms discussing how to make it happen as opposed to just, like, doing it — asking: ‘Do you have any 45-year-old-woman friends who you think are really talented who could submit an application to us?’ ‘Do you have any black friends who are great writers who haven’t had a shot.”

“You're an interesting woman."
"Your interest has been duly noted.”

“What is an elegant woman? An elegant woman is a woman who despises you and who has no hair under her arms.”

“Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself." -”

“This is the truth," we say. "You can discuss it as much as you want; we aren't interested. But in a few years there'll be the police who will show you we are right.”