I think, when men tell women to lose weight, it's a diversion from their own lack of size in certain areas.

If a woman could take care of herself, would she still need a man? Would she even want one? And if she didn't want a man, what kind of woman would she be? Would she even be a woman? Because it seemed if you were a woman, the only thing you were really supposed to want was a man.

My parents had a great marriage. Interestingly, it made it harder for me in relationships because I knew what a good relationship looked like.

It's always the people who don't want things who get them.

I always thought that there was a really good chance that I wasn't going to get married.

I started working for the 'NY Observer' when I was 33. After I had been writing for them for about a year and a half the editor said, 'Your stories are the most talked about stories in the 'Observer'; you should have your own column.'

Whoever we are here, we might be princesses somewhere else. Or writers. Or scientists. Or presidents. Or whatever the hell we want to be that everyone else says we can't.