“Women want to drive and they are taking actual steps towards that.” — Manal al-Sharif Quote

Women want to drive and they are taking actual steps towards that.

I measure the impact I make by how harsh the attacks are. The harsher the attacks, the better I am doing.

I almost got kidnapped trying to find a taxi in the street. In Saudi Arabia, it's not normal for a woman to walk in the street alone, and I don't cover my face, so I am an open target.

Women tell me they are different since 21 May - the day I was arrested - it's a positive change, they believe now.

I'm a normal woman, a normal person, and I just want to drive.

Memory is quite central for me. Part of it is that I like the actual texture of writing through memory. I like the atmospheres that result if episodes are narrated through the haze of memory.

I'd like to be the commissioner of tennis, but do I want to get into politics? Sometimes I have delusions of grandeur that that would be an interesting, good thing. I'm talking about actual politics, like being a congressman, but then I see how unbelievably nasty it really is, and maybe I'm not quite knowledgeable enough to actually do it.

An actual scientist embraces debate because it sharpens their research.

Hebrew School was my first introduction to real feminism. I remember that much more than I remember any kind of actual religious teaching.