Women have to be honed to perfection. Guys can have faults.

Women have to walk a fine line. If they're too soft, they won't be noticed, won't be listened to, won't get the promotion. On the other side, people will be offended if they're too aggressive or outspoken. I've felt that pressure all my career. It's a horrible pressure to deal with.

It's better to go behind closed doors and scream and even cry, rather than show your emotions to the wrong individual.

There's just more male energy, more male leaders, more men at the top, from the board of directors to the senior management team. Expectations are based on how men might react or interact.

Bad women poets are better characters, they seldom... get drunk... go to prison... shoot the pianist. Their faults are soul fullness and banality. They like to commune (who does not) with the deity, nature, and themselves, but their words do not quite carry the traffic... some bad men poets can persuade people... that tricks and shocks are a substitute for talent... good poets of either sex are above these quarrels.

She was one of the few gentle women that I knew throughout my lifetime.