Erica Jong

Women are not the richer sex. Women are not equal in society.

You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

Sadly, because of the enormous gap between rich and poor, some mothers can afford helpers, but many can't. Those who can would be kinder to refrain from criticizing other women.

I think that the Greeks were extremely ambivalent about the stories of Amazons: they found them both thrilling and rather daunting at the same time.

I'm a working stiff, baby, just like everybody else.

I'm interested in the psychological exploration of human nature, and it just happens to come in the form of film-making.