"In the early Eighties people thought feminism was over, but now, my God, we’re dealing with third-wave feminism, whic…"

"My mother always told me that for a person to be happy they need love and work."

"When I see people do extraordinary things and I think: How did they do that?"

"You have to remember children are not usually very interested in what their parents do for a living."

"I think everybody's political. The act of being alive is political. Unless you choose to be a hermit, you're automati…"

"It's difficult in an economy like ours to call yourself a socialist, because we're living in a capitalist society whe…"

"I don't understand how it happened so suddenly; why the upper echelons of society have flourished while other people …"

"No, you're only brave in the face of something you're afraid of, and I'm not afraid of stories, of emotion, of people…"

"I do think the one thing ageing allows you is to go, 'Well, I know what I like, I know what I don't like.'"

"It takes a long time to figure out what you care about."