Scientists' minds may jump around like amorous toads, but they do seem to accept such behavior in one another.

Scientists' minds may jump around like amorous toads, but they do seem to accept such behavior in one another.

People would rather be deceived than have the truth cause them anxiety

I have to be very careful, however, because I have no intention of providing an excuse for this behavior. It's an attempt to explain how so many women come from backgrounds where the pressure to be a good mother is so severe that if they can't do it, something really snaps.

I, like most of my friends, couldn't believe I bought a mountain called Misery Mountain, because it was so appropriate.

Absolutely nothing brings out the killer instinct in the upper crust of New York Society like a charity function.

I have a grim outlook on the world, and in particular on humanity. Spent years denying it, but I am very misanthropic. And I live alone on a mountain for a reason.