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

All parents should be aware that when they mock or curse gay people, they may be mocking or cursing their own child.

I did not read from a sense of superiority, or advancement, or even learning. I read because I loved it more than any other activity on earth.

I'm just remembering myself at 22 or 23. I was all engine and no steering. (Laughter) I had the wheels but I had no steering. I do think it's true that when you're younger, you're more likely to listen to all the naysayers, and people are always telling you how you ought to behave and what kind of job you should get and how you should look.

For most of my life the only ceremonies I've been to at which women were the stars were weddings. So I like weddings.

My home was in a pleasant place outside of Philadelphia. But I really lived, truly lived, somewhere else. I lived within the covers of books.

Hospitals are a little like the beach. The next wave comes in, and the footprints of your pain and suffering, your delivery and recovery, are obliterated.