Russell Hoban Quotes

Men are distinguished from women by their commitment to do violence rather than to be victimized by it.

If I look at history, it seems that most wars and most cruel things have been done by men and not by women.

Are men and women different creatures? Do we feel things differently? Being a man, I can't know what a woman feels.

I believe every child has the right to a mother and a father. Men and women are not the same. That's not to say they're not entitled to equal rights, but they are not the same.

I realised one day that men are emotional cripples. We can't express ourselves emotionally, we can only do it with anger and humour. Emotional stability and expression comes from women.

I think women are really self-analytical in a way that men aren't.

Aggression is part of the masculine design, we are hardwired for it.... Little girls do not invent games where large numbers of people die, where bloodshed is a prerequisite for having fun. Hockey, for example, was not a feminine creation. Nor was boxing. A boy wants to attack something -- and so does a man, even if it's only a little white ball on a tee.

Women are just as violently minded as men are, but with men, it's taken for granted.

Too many guys are over here begging for people and trying to chase people to fight, this and that, begging for money fights. You become your own damn money fight.

High testosterone levels have been proven to make men more likely to commit crimes. The tendency in men toward risky behaviour keeps turning up even where socialization is different, and so does crime and delinquency.

War makes strange giant creatures out of us little routine men who inhabit the earth.

Most of the people who get sent to die in wars are young men who've got a lot of energy and would probably rather, in a better world, be putting that energy into copulation rather than going over there and blowing some other young man's guts out.

I think the fallacy is to think that Women's Liberation meant that men and women would become interchangeable. That has not happened, and most men and women would not want it to happen.

There is a certain element of complementarity between men and women that is biological by nature.

I've never seen a world where only men were responsible for the violence, and the women were innocent. They go together. Men and women are a violent mixture.

Whether we like it or not, men and women are not the same in nature, temperament, emotions and emotional responses.

Nature makes woman to be won and men to win.

I've always maintained that men were more romantic than women.

Because if you say men and women are the same and if male behaviour is the norm, and women are always expected to act like men, we will never be as good at being men as men are.

In terms of showing their emotions and acting on them, my women characters are a lot more advanced than the men.

I think that the day you've figured out the differences between women and men is the day that you're no longer attracted to women. It's the difference that is so fantastic and frustrating and angering, and really sexy.

I do destroy men on a weekly basis. It's like a hobby. I'm like a praying mantis.

There is a fundamental difference between men and women - women need romance, men need intrigue.

Many differences are rooted in biology and reinforced through culture, so it's important to acknowledge that. Because if you say men and women are the same and if male behaviour is the norm, and women are always expected to act like men, we will never be as good at being men as men are.

Speaking as a biologist, I think women are less aggressive than men, and they play a larger role in the early education of the young and helping them overcome their genetic heirloom.