Diane Nelson Quotes

I don't remember a single day during the time I was minister of gender, foreign minister, vice-president and president when I saw anything on the part of the men that indicated they were undermining me.

I think that women are much more collaborative; men are much more competitive.

Keeping a feminine approach is vital - men hate bossy females.

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.

Men should only believe half of what women say. But which half?

I think women should have insight as to how men think. Just like men should have insight into how women think.

There aren't good roles for women: the female parts aren't developed: the women are serving the men.

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.

Any good director, and I've worked with a few that I would call very good, they know how to disarm any anxieties very quickly.

I'm sure it's why I'm such an odd duck in my feminist generation, because I've always been equally fair to men.

I want to be a good leader, not a good lady leader. I don't want to be known simply as the woman who gave birth.

Men and women aren't the same. And they won't be the same. That doesn't mean that they can't be treated fairly.

Believe it or not, I don't collaborate with women, though my agent and editor are both females. For the most part, they do little editing on my characters.

All of the qualities that you need to be a good opinion columnist tend to be qualities that aren't valued in women.

On one issue at least, men and women agree; they both distrust women.

No one knows what women want!

Men have not stacked the decks against women.

I have said this many times, that there seems to be enough room in the world for mediocre men, but not for mediocre women, and we really have to work very, very hard.

Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad.

This is still a man's profession, with a lot of men who intellectually and emotionally have not accepted that the military could be women's work.

Sometimes I try to sell shows with a female lead to networks, and that isn't something that's been a proven formula for them, so they reject it. I do feel like men get the funniest roles in movies.

Whether we like it or not, men have more of the offices, more of the higher jobs, more of the seats in Congress. Men need to re-examine what their power is. We need to understand how to use it.

Most of us believe that women can do what men do. The challenge is to convince employers, legislators, mothers, that men can do what women do.

Call it nature or nurture, there are differences in how men and women approach professional conduct, and facing these issues head-on will make us all more equipped to succeed.

I've never thought in terms of 'men do this' and 'women do that.'