Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Muriel Fox

While you don't need a formal written contract before you get married, I think it's important for both partners to spell out what they expect from each other. . . . There are always plenty of surprises- and lots of give and take-once you're married.

Women lead in ways different from men's. Men, I think, have been programmed to give orders. Women have been programmed to motivate people, to educate them, to bring out the best in them. Ours is a less authoritarian leadership. I think women tend to play hardball less often. This is the trend of office politics anyway: the days of warring factions are over. We're talking now in terms of cooperation, and I think that is the game women play best.

Partnership, not dependence, is the real romance in marriage.

Total commitment to family and total commitment to career is possible, but fatiguing.

Women and men have to fight together to change society - and both will benefit.