I didn't have a very religious family.

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

A conversation isn't a competition.

Most of us have trouble juggling. The woman who says she doesn't is someone whom I admire but have never met.

Large cocktail parties are an infamous technique for ridding yourself of social obligations to people you usually don't know well or like much, which is such an unpromising beginning that I've rarely known one that recovered and turned into a great party.

Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.

I was the kind nobody thought could make it. I had a funny Boston accent. I couldn't pronounce my R's. I wasn't a beauty.