It's what the Taliban does in Afghanistan, it's what gets done in the Middle East, and it's clearly something that certain mainly conservative groups in the United States would like to do. They miss the good old days, when men were men and women were nothing.

I can't think of a single downside to motherhood now.

Adolescence is a tough time for parent and child alike. It is a time between: between childhood and maturity, between parental protection and personal responsibility, between life stage- managed by grown-ups and life privately held.

high fashion has little to do with what women wear and a lot to do with what retailers mark down later.

The truth is that when you're writing a novel you're really living in it; you're living in the house, and you're living in the town.

I conveniently forgot to remember that people only have two hands, or, as another parent once said of having a third child, it's time for a zone defense instead of man-to-man.

There's something undeniable about the posture of a person trying not to acknowledge your existance