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It might seem at first surprising that when I studied women and men talking at work, I found that women 'interrupted' each other more often than men did - when they were in all-women conversations.

For most women, the language of conversation is primarily a language of rapport: a way of establishing connections and negotiating relationships.

I don't think men talk as much as women, but when we have something on our minds we'll get it out.

What I find is with all due deference to - deference to our male colleagues, that women's styles tend to be more collaborative.

Men do tend to talk about things on a much higher level.

Relationships are made of talk - and talk is for girls and women.

The higher mental development of woman, the less possible it is for her to meet a congenial male who will see in her, not only sex, but also the human being, the friend, the comrade and strong individuality, who cannot and ought not lose a single trait of her character.

I think that women definitely have a special bond as friends that is hard to describe to men, and we don't often see that portrayed narratively.

I think I have a part of myself which is a woman. When girls are together, they speak completely differently than when there is a guy around. But, with me, they don't see this masculine thing stopping them, and there is not this boundary.

I am intrigued by women I have conversations with.