Eve Ensler (born May 25, 1953) is an American playwright, performer, feminist, and activist, best known for her play The Vagina Monologues. Read full biography of Eve Ensler →
People are sad. People are broke. People are worried about money, people are worried that they're not enough and not amounting to anything and... →
I wake up every day and I think, 'I'm breathing! It's a good day.'
I think the greatest illusion we have is that denial protects us. It's actually the biggest distortion and lie. In fact, staying asleep is... →
I think when people begin to tell their stories, everything changes, because not only are you legitimised in the telling of your story and are you... →
Well, the tyranny of masculinity and the tyranny of patriarchy I think has been much more deadly to men than it has to women. It hasn't killed... →
My dream is that people will find a way back home, into their bodies, to connect with the earth, to connect with each other, to connect with the... →
One of the most radical things women can do is to love their body.
When I wrote 'The Good Body,' I turned 40 and suddenly had this stomach. It seemed like the end of the world. Because I didn't value my... →
I think for me, happiness is crucial, but I think we think that happiness comes from amassing goods and getting things and being loved and being... →
I'm a nomad. I have a place in New York in the Flatiron District, and I have a place in Paris in Ile Saint-Louis, and I spend a lot of time in... →
I think I've always had these two currents, equally strong, of wanting to change the world and make the world better and fight injustices and... →
I think that anytime you get clear about what your mission is or what your focus wants to be, things start to come together in your life.
If you are connected to your own internal being, it is very hard to be screwing and destroying and hurting another human being, because you'll be... →
Eve Ensler (born May 25, 1953) is an American playwright, performer, feminist, and activist, best known for her play The Vagina Monologues.