By the time you kill and mount what you catch, it has lost that very thing that made it worth having. I knew this only as a vague sense of disappointment at age 10; not until later did I recognize it as a metaphor for much of life.

I think the very best thing about the internet is that I can read all the London papers every day if I want to.

It's only before realities set in that we can treasure our delusions.

I sometimes think that courage is the thing that you need more than any other thing. It's fear that cripples us. It's fear that accounts for racism, it's fear that accounts for sexism, for xenophobia.

All of the qualities that you need to be a good opinion columnist tend to be qualities that aren't valued in women.

I know a lot and have written a lot and have thought a lot about motherhood.

Socialized medicine, some still cry, but it's long been socialized, with those covered paying for those who are underinsured. American medicine is simply socialized badly, penny wise and pound foolish.