Anna Quindlen Quotes

Women who can, do. Those who can't become feminists.

I'm voting for Hillary Clinton, proudly. I think it's her time. I think she's very experienced, I think she'd make a good president. I also think it would be monumental to have the first female president in the United States.

You could call me a 'card-carrying feminist,' if there were a card to carry.

I think women are excellent social critics.

When I hear the words 'Women should be barefoot and pregnant and in the kitchen,' I think, 'What. A. Dream.' There are no negative connotations to it.

We've paved the way for the woman who will be the first female President.

Maybe even at six or seven, I knew that, sweet as they were on the surface, all fairy tales needed a feminist shake up.

When I talk about movies like 'Rosemary's Baby' and 'Stepford Wives,' I really noticed that these movies were able to address fears surround the women's lib movement in a way that was engaging, not preachy, but fun.

'Stree' is an entertaining film, but it has strong commentary about women.

I don't consider myself a political artist, but I am political just by nature of being a woman.

On my debut album, I wrote a lot about women and their roles in society.

It goes far towards reconciling me to being a woman, when I reflect that I am thus in no danger of ever marrying one.

You get angry and frustrated wondering, 'Are there enough parts for women?'

Generally speaking, men are held in great esteem in all parts of the world, so why shouldn't women have their share? Soldiers and war heroes are honored and commemorated, explorers are granted immortal fame, martyrs are revered, but how many people look upon women too as soldiers?

There's this myth that women are supposed to compete with each other or something, or we're supposed to hate each other, and that's totally not productive.

Women are as precious as they are stronger than any man that I have met.

I felt that 'The Woman' was a feminist movie at heart.

It's not a man's world any more.

I like men who respect women.

In India, women are respected the most. Mothers, wives, sisters, daughters.

Feminism is so pertinent - it affects all of us. As a woman you have an instinct to question sexual politics, we have a responsibility to care.

Dangal' movie has been made on our lives in which two daughters win a medal for the country. It just shows that the times are changing and people's attitudes are changing and if it is changing because of us then we are very happy about it.

'This Is Not That Dawn' is remarkable in part for its careful and sensitive attention to women's lives - and also for its harsh critique of men and their failure to stop violence.

Women are inferior to none.

We needed to be assertive as women in those days - assertive and aggressive - and the degree to which we had to be that way depended on where you were. I had to be.