"Women are called upon to defend every bit of progress we have made against particularly virulent attack. But we must also hold out a vision, put forth a positive agenda of what women need and want and then move forward toward that dream."

"I know that it isn't just violence against women, it's how do we support ourselves and our families, how do we deal with health care for ourselves and our families? It's a bigger picture."

"When I hear traditional family values raised, I hear that effort once again to re-establish the man as head and master of his family. Who had the, not only the right, but the obligation to discipline his wife and children to keep them in line?"

"Some of those men in power, we just have to change their faces because we're not going to change their minds."

"I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly."

"I think in art, but especially in films, people are trying to confirm their own existences."

"All the things that happen to people in the industry today, the actors, what they have to put up with, all the people wanting to know every single moment of their lives - I think it's really sad."

"I think hell's a real place where real people spend a real eternity."