It is true that in this culture, they throw you out when you get older. I see it all the time, especially in my business. At my age, you're playing somebody's mother - and there aren't even a lot of those roles!

You can feel compassion for others without feeling victimized yourself.

If you're frightened, you're out of luck.

I would much rather watch myself than listen to myself. The moving is second nature, but the listening... that's the art.

Men's brains are smaller than those of women so they can fit into their penises.

There's a kind of emotional exploration you plumb with a friend that you don't really do with your family.

before one actually visits them, everyone tends to think of their favorite countries as one grand Disneyland filled with national monuments and historical treasures conveniently laid out for easy viewing, when what they really are filled with, of course, is people going to work, laundromats and places to buy rat poison.