Anais Nin Quotes

Women are responsible for creating their own roles.

I've always played strong women who are doing their own thing.

The idea of perfect womanhood is perfect independence.

… in an age when human rights are preached loudly from the rooftops, women had to be accepted as equals and allowed to think and act in their own interests and by their own efforts.

No matter how much women prefer to lean, to be protected and supported, nor how much men desire to have them do so, they must make the voyage of life alone, and for safety in an emergency they must know something of the laws of navigation.

I think women are taking charge of the origins of a production, which is the most important part. Because you can't be a victim of whatever people ask you to do.

A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.

My idea of feminism is self-determination, and it's very open-ended: every woman has the right to become herself, and do whatever she needs to do.

Feminism is the ability to choose what you want to do.

A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.

The history of American women is all about leaving home - crossing oceans and continents, or getting jobs and living on their own.

Women today have the keys to the doors which have been barred against them and they will open them without asking consent.

Let us first obtain ourselves…Give us ourselves and all that belongs to us will follow.

We ought to respect the right of women to make choices in their lives.

Woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself.

I believe women need to take charge.

I've always been on the side of fully emancipated women with independent minds.

Women feel empowered when they can do the things that are supposed to be only for men, you know? It breaks boundaries, it's liberating, and it's empowering when you feel like, 'Well, I can do that, too.'

Women can be powerful, graceful, and complex, with the ability to make any choice they desire.

I'm about women's empowerment. I'm about agency. I'm about being in control of your narrative and your body.

I think women need to empower themselves instead of asking for handouts.

Women are no longer just born to be married. We are here to compete with everyone and make a place for ourselves under the sun on our own.

How does a queen bee behave? However she wants to. But please don't wait for someone to hold the door open for you when your own arms work perfectly fine - do it yourself.

When I was young and less wise, I thought that being a feminist meant being independent. It meant not sacrificing your needs for anyone else's and not relying on anyone else for even a smidgen of your happiness or well being.

The girls in my books are out solving their own problems.