Gloria Steinem Quotes

My kids have lived experiences that could have never been duplicated otherwise. That's one thing about people who get involved in activism, you live so many experiences that otherwise they wouldn't be there. This is why peoples' lives are so enriched.

Writing is powerful. Whether it's a little girl hiding from the Nazis in an attic, or Amnesty International writing letters on behalf of political prisoners, the power of telling stories is usually what causes change.

Everybody's got stories. I don't want to not have stories.

I write about stuff that happens to me, so I try to live as interesting a life as possible.

I think we sometimes forget that we have so many other places to create change. My dad taught me this, but the political is one spot to make change. But so is writing a book.

The only way you really see change is by helping to create it.

I heard Dr. King speaking on the radio, and it seemed like he was saying, "John Robert Lewis, you too can make a contribution. You can get involved!"

I've always respected those who tried to change the world for the better, rather than just complain about it.

All I ask is this: Do something. Try something. Speaking out, showing up, writing a letter, a check, a strongly worded e-mail. Pick a cause – there are few unworthy ones. And nudge yourself past the brink of tacit support to action. Once a month, once a year, or just once...Even just learning enough about a subject so you can speak against an opponent eloquently makes you an unusual personage. Start with that. Any one of you would have cried out, would have intervened, had you been in that crowd in Bashiqa. Well thanks to digital technology, you’re all in it now.

Well, anything can happen and it happened to me. I learned everybody has a story.

'Unlikely Brothers' talks about the importance of citizen action and shows why and how we can make a difference.

I want to do public speaking and cause campaigning. I want to write a book.

Every social justice movement that I know of has come out of people sitting in small groups, telling their life stories, and discovering that other people have shared similar experiences.

I considered that I had to write stories about the people I had met, with whom I'd worked, the history of my books - just in case I up and die.

I always saw politics as an expansion of my role as a mom.

I wanted to write stories I wanted to read, that I and my friends related to.

I learnt that if I want to make any difference, or changes to my world, then I've got to be involved. We need passion - that's how things change.

Everything I write is based on something I've personally experienced, or things that my friends have experienced that I just find horribly entertaining.

My involvement in the political arena is to make sure there's a place for culture.

Naturally, I mine my girlfriends' lives for good anecdotes and stories - so many of their experiences find their way into my books.

If you don't like what's going on, you have to get involved.

Every person you meet has a story.

Anyone can write your own life story.

I want to act, if I can, as a bridge for people who read 'Shock Doctrine' or 'No Logo'. People who are sitting out for whatever reasons.

I like to read everything, really, especially autobiographies.