I think that after a while you realize that your husband can't be all things to you and certainly you don't want the kids to be all things to you, because that would be a terrible weight for them; and that where you really find solace a lot of the time is with your girlfriends.

Don't ever forget the words on a postcard that my father sent me last year: "If you win the rat race, you're still a rat.

I like to say that my mother had a very ordinary life. From the outside it didn't look like there was anything particularly special or wonderful about it, but when you watch somebody hold on to that life with both hands, it makes you think that life must be pretty damn good.

I've been a feminist since I was a teenager, but originally it was because I wanted to make the world a better place for me.

Jane Austen may not be the best writer, but she certainly writes about the best people. And by that I mean people just like me.

I was doing the family grocery shopping accompanied by two children, an event I hope to see included in the Olympics in the near future.

I love having a president who I think is smarter than I am.