Ariel Levy Quotes

Today, charting your own course isn't just more necessary than ever before. It's also much easier - and much more fun.

Everything I write has to be connected to my life. One of the things that always comes up in my writing is the search for freedom, especially in women.

You figure out what you value in this life, and then you go for it. For me, it was freedom.

I've always loved what I do and I've always done what I wanted to do... in this business you have got to be yourself.

I think I have a right to live my life the way I like.

I am a good, strong word giver; I am a jealous guard of my own secrets. Freedom is the rule; I am hungry for one good thing I can do.

I think it is important to let your kids have independence and ownership. Let your kids do what they have a passion for.

Madonna has total control over her life, and not many women have that.

And I always laugh at that, because I think I've always been doing what I want to do since Day 1.

A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.

My parents were quite liberal with us, always encouraging us to be our own person and be creative.

A real woman is someone who knows what she wants. If you want to stay home, that's fine, but you have to be clear-eyed.

I just think, as women, we have to give ourselves room to be individuals. So when a woman makes a decision for herself, we as women shouldn't set those hardcore boundaries for another woman. Just like we don't want men setting hardcore boundaries for us.

I'm doing what I want to do.

It's not that I don't want to become famous or that I'm obsessed by my work as an actress, but it's all about not limiting myself, such as putting myself in a little jail that I can escape from.

To me, the American Dream is being able to follow your own personal calling. To be able to do what you want to do is incredible freedom.

I've never had anything but the freedom to do what I wanted just as long as it made me happy.

I'm for absolute autonomy of the individual, and an adult, competent woman has absolute autonomy. It's her choice.

You can wear whatever, be whatever, do whatever you want.

My plan growing up was to leave home and try not to panic. I always knew that to strive to be self-sufficient was an important ambition.

You can be a thousand different women. It's your choice which one you want to be. It's about freedom and sovereignty. You celebrate who you are. You say, 'This is my kingdom.'

I appreciate individualism.

When I was younger I was trying to do what I wanted to do, not what the game wanted me to do.

I love people that willfully defy what you're supposed to be and create their own definition of their selves.

I think people should be able to do what they want to do.