I see many more men who are feminist, or at least who have learned about life in the context of feminism.

Women are not forgiven for aging.

Real love and intimacy can be much more possible when you're older.

I wasn't a hippie and I wasn't even a bohemian. I was extremely earnest and serious.

All my life I had believed that unless I was perfect I would not be loved.

I'm not sure that I would have become a Christian if I had continued to live in Hollywood because the notion wouldn't have occurred to me.

The bond between a parent and child is the primary bond, the foundation for the rest of the child's life. The presence or absence of this bond determines much about the child's resiliency and what kind of adult they will grow up to be.

When I was at the age when you were supposed to be glamorous if you were a movie star, I wasn't.

A man has every season while a woman only has the right to spring.

I was shocked into the realization that I myself had played an unwitting role as a movie star and sex symbol in perpetrating the stereotypes that affected women all over the world.

I believe that we have to strive for a transition to a socialist society ... all the way to communism. I mean I think we should, uh, I think we should all study what the word means and I believe that if everyone knew what the word meant we would all be on our knees praying that we would, as soon as possible, be able to live under, uh, within a communist structure.

The sex is better and I understand life better. I don't want to be young again.

The vulnerability of opening your heart fully and deeply to another is terrifying, but at a point in my 50s, I realized that I had to step up to the plate.

I was in my mid-40s. I was a bulimic, and I realized if I continue with this addiction of mine, I will not be able to continue doing my life. The older you get the more damage it does; it takes longer to recover from a binge. And it was very hard.

Some people are surprised that the Republicans are waging a war on women, or that they voted against equal pay for women. I'm not surprised at all. In some ways, it may be a good thing. They're defending the patriarchy, which is a wounded beast! And wounded beasts are always dangerous.

I know how gratifying it is not only to work in film but to be acknowledged by peers; producing 9 to 5 was an opportunity that I valued precisely because it's so rarely in the hands of women.

Shortly after I turned 50, both Ted Turner and the AARP came into my life. The only difference? With AARP, there were benefits.

You spend all your life trying to do something they put people in asylums for.

Teach girls to read and to work at something where they can bring home money -- and the entire balance of power shifts.

The more you treat yourself positively, the less you'll want or need to be negative.