Denial is really death. People think that when you're connected with other people it's more painful. The opposite is true. When you're… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
I think so much of neoliberalism and capitalism has caused people to live in a state of greed, fear and consumption that… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
I've been involved in social activism my entire life, and I would argue that many people involved in social activist movements have… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
I think there are so many children being brought up in some form of violence, be it violence of poverty or sexism… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
I think for me, happiness is crucial, but I think we think that happiness comes from amassing goods and getting things and… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
I try not to think about what people think of me. You can't, because then you get hung up in all the… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
We have no idea how many women were raped in wars - because no one ever asked. So sometimes when people say… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
Security is elusive. It's impossible. We all die. We all get old. We all get sick. People leave us. People change us.… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
Danger lurks when people are dissociated and detached from their own story or feelings. — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
I think culture is where things change in us deeply. But right now, I think that people are very traumatised. They are… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
Do I think it's great that we have a celebrity system where some people matter and some people don't? No. But do… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
What we all have to know is the struggle is long. It's long. It may not end in our lifetimes. But the… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
I feel very passionate that we need CAT scanners in every country in the world. There's not a CAT scanner in all… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
This artistic uprising we had the other night in Washington Square park: there was poetry, there was dance, there was song, there… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
I think the thing that has always made me happy is being in the struggle, in a community of struggle with other… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
People need to dance. I'd say dance at least twice a day. That's how to get your energy up and how you… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
When I wrote 'The Good Body,' I turned 40 and suddenly had this stomach. It seemed like the end of the world. Because I… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
Cherish your solitude. Take trains by yourself to places you have never been. Sleep out alone under the stars. — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
Why are women immobile? Because so many feel like they're waiting for someone to say, 'You're good, you're pretty, I give you permission'. — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
Terence McKenna says, "The culture is not your friend." I am not sure we can change this culture. But I think we can rise… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
What neo-capitalism does so brilliantly is that it's always subdividing and dividing, so that people are never able to be joined in their numbers… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
The verb that's been enforced on girls is to please. Girls are trained to please...I want us all to change the verb. I want… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
“De acordo com os congressistas, ouvir as experiências reais de mulheres vítimas de violência era diferente de ler as estatísticas de violência contra mulheres.… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
The clitoris is pure in purpose. It is the only organ in the body designed purely for pleasure. — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
Anorexia was my attempt to have control over my body and manipulate my body and starve my body and shape my body. It was… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
I believe in irony. And if V-Day has taught me anything, it's that if you go out with artistic, outrageous irony and humor, people… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
