People sinking into self-pity and depression are dreary, but they can't get out of it by themselves. So every now and then, just sit there and listen, and listen, and listen. You're paying your membership dues in the human race.

If it's a woman it's caustic, if it's a man it's authority, If it's a woman it's too pushy, if it's a man it's aggressive in the best sense of the word.

Celebrities used to be found in clusters, like oysters - and with much the same defensive mechanisms.

Just do your job. Get in early. Stay late, and don’t complain. Fight the big fights.

A woman can do anything. She can be traditionally feminine and that's all right; she can work, she can stay at home; she can be aggressive; she can be passive; she can be any way she wants with a man. But whenever there are the kinds of choices there are today, unless you have some solid base, life can be frightening.

when your child is in trouble, the first thing you do is blame yourself.

The news media in general are liberals.