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.

I didn't have a very religious family.

Although I myself don't go to church or synagogue, I do, whether it's superstition or whatever, pray every time I get on a plane. I just automatically do it. I say the same thing every time.

Don't let the bastards get you down.

To feel valued, to know, even if only once in a while, that you can do a job well is an absolutely marvelous feeling.

The news media in general are liberals.

Small children do not belong at an adult party, and especially should not be used like trained midgets to help serve martinis.