Mothers are great. They outlast everything. But when they're bad, they're the worst thing that can happen.

I have a chemical imbalance that, in its most extreme state, will lead me to a mental hospital.

I always felt the Jewish part more. In fact, growing up I felt like a Jew among WASPs. My brother is more decidedly Waspy.

All my life I've been seeing things through the culture. My father, for instance, was the press's bad boy. People really hated him. He was always a big flirt. He was always in trouble - going bankrupt, whatever.

Sex was for men. Marriage, like lifeboats, was for women and children.

Running for office is the least aerobic of the socially interactive sports.

I did the traditional thing with falling in love with words, reading books and underlining lines I liked and words I didn't know. It was something I always did.