David Cage Quotes

Respect is one of the greatest expressions of love. If other people try to write your story, it means they don't respect you. They consider that you're not a good artist who can write your own story, even though you were born to write your own story.

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.

Whether it's writing a monologue or writing standup or writing a screenplay or writing a play, I think staying involved in the creation of your own work empowers you in a way, even if you don't ever do it. It gives you a sense of ownership and a sense of purpose, which I think as an actor is really important.

Our solidarity will be threatened by them just so long as you do not wake up and refuse to allow them to represent you.

I am not yet born; O fill me with strength against those who would freeze my humanity.

I can't tell you how freeing it is to have my own label. For the first time in my career, I have total control.

I have different hats; I'm a mother, I'm a woman, I'm a human being, I'm an artist and hopefully I'm an advocate. All of those plates are things I spin all the time.

I've realised that I am who I am and that is it. Like it or lump it. I'm not around to please anyone any more, and it's a huge relief.

If I hadn't fought back, I might have been Gidget forever.

The reason I always insisted on signing my work was not to be subordinate to anyone.

To a certain extent, this tour is a celebration of individuality and that you can invent and reinvent yourself. You should have the power to be able to do that. Sexuality is a part of that. It should release you. It doesn't have to be an issue. It shouldn't box you in.

My idea of feminism is self-determination, and it's very open-ended: every woman has the right to become herself, and do whatever she needs to do.

Against the State, against the Church, against the silence of the medical profession, against the whole machinery of dead institutions of the past, the woman of today arises.

I own 100% of everything because I like to control what I do.

I am not God, but I am my creator.

Colonialism deprives you of your self-esteem and to get it back you have to fight to redress the balance.

What we want is to become masters in our own house.

If you write, produce and direct, you own things and see them through to the end.

For this album I was determined to do it my way. Take my time. I'm gonna win, lose or draw on my own.

I just felt like I had to create a life for myself where I was more independent.

Fight the power that be. Fight the power.

I am a feminist, and I define myself: Be yourself, because if you can get away with it, that is the ultimate feminist act.

We who have the final word can speak softly or angrily. We can seek to challenge and annoy, as we need not stay docile and quiet.

The implication is that this basic idea we have that we are controlled by our genes is false. It's an idea that turns us into victims. I'm saying we are the creators of our situation. The genes are merely the blueprints. We are the contractors, and we can adjust those blueprints. And we can even rewrite them.

To be a feminist is to be alive.