Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Quotes

All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.

To come to a concert and hear a lot of songs from a female perspective should not make men say, 'Oh well, that's for women'.

I've never asked for special treatment along the way. And I'm never going to hide the fact that I'm a girl, ever. That's obvious, isn't it?

Whatever evil a man may think of women, there is no woman but thinks more.

Women absolutely deserve respect.

I don't think anyone wants to look in the mirror and say, 'I'm anti-woman.' They don't see themselves that way, and you can't treat them that way. But you have to tell the truth.

By and large, I think female directors are far more sensitive.

Some people would say having a feminist perspective is political, but I don't think it is. I think it's just having a female perspective.

I have had enough of the sexist treatment of Sarah Palin... I call upon the McCain campaign to stop treating Sarah Palin like she is a delicate flower who will wilt at any moment.

When values disappear, the first people to suffer are women because people start losing their respect for women.

I would never do anything that's derogatory to women.

I recognize as a man there's a lot of things that I don't have to think about. But I'm thinking about them now.

There's no prize for being the best woman.

An all-women championship is giving up on the mission of eventually making girls compete on a high level and against the boys in Formula One. It is undermining what girls are able to achieve.

I'm an ardent feminist.

Women are capable of accomplishing just as much as men are but aren't always given the same attention and opportunity.

Men like us who live on the edge and had this player life - and for even some that still do - we gotta respect women - we gotta understand that their position here is much bigger than what we might give them.

Women are not a doormat. We are equivalent to men. It is just that we have different bodies and different biological needs.

In film business or any business, for that matter, there are people with different mindsets. Some would be compassionate and respectful, some might just be the womaniser, but how can we generalise that? That is wrong, I guess... That way, in a male-dominating society, shining is tough for women.

Name me a person in public life who doesn't have critics. Especially women in public life.

Some women are smarter than men, and some aren't. But to suggest to women that they deserve dominance instead of equality is at best a cheap applause line.

One thing is for sure: that women are far more compassionate, empathetic, sensitive, and emotional in comparison to men.

I do all these panels where people are always talking about the lack of female directors, and I have a lot of opinions on that.

For thirty years, I've been hearing that it's getting better for women. And until I see statistical proof over enough years that that's true, I won't believe it.

Half the population of the entire world is women, and people are somehow shocked that this entire half is as capable as the other half.