All reading is good reading. And all reading of Jane Austen and Charles Dickens is sublime reading.

We almost manage to forget that things happen that we don't anticipate.

I do a lot of mental work before I ever start writing.

Poor kids are much more likely to become sick than their richer counterparts, but much less likely to have health insurance. Talk about a double whammy.

I was very driven, very focused, very ambitious. I mean, when I look back on myself in my 20s, part of me just cringes.

I'm writing this memoir from the perspective of somebody who's prosperous and has means. Having said that, one of the things that I think I discovered about those additional years is that I don't think they really are added to the end of life.

Women are the glue that holds our day-to-day world together.