Pastoral Resources

There is nothing more mysterious than a TV set left on in an empty room. It is even stranger than a man talking to himself or a woman standing dreaming at her stove. It is as if another planet is communicating with you.

A woman who is loved always has success.

Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.

I wish I had Wonder Woman's magic lasso like her to make people tell the truth.

If we can send a man to the moon, then why don't we send a woman?

The dogma of woman's complete historical subjection to men must be rated as one of the most fantastic myths ever created by the human mind.

I have the worst ear for criticism; even when I have created a stage set I like, I always hear the woman in the back of the dress circle who says she doesn't like blue.

Quite often my narrator or protagonist may be a man, but I'm not sure he's the more interesting character, or if the more complex character isn't the woman.

One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.

One is not born a woman, but becomes one.

In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or a man; either, a human being, without feeling fear, restraint, or obligation.

Man is defined as a human being and a woman as a female - whenever she behaves as a human being she is said to imitate the male.

Sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the magic of caresses, the spell is broken.

Society, being codified by man, decrees that woman is inferior; she can do away with this inferiority only by destroying the male's superiority.

Clothes should look as if a woman was born into them. It is a form of possession, this belonging to one another.

A woman should be less concerned about Paris and more concerned about whether the dress she's about to buy relates to the way she lives.

Of all the objects of hatred, a woman once loved is the most hateful.

You will find that the woman who is really kind to dogs is always one who has failed to inspire sympathy in men.

Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears form the eyes of woman.

The best part? Probably being able to portray such a respectable, ethical, intelligent, strong woman. That's still pretty rare in our business, unfortunately.