Not one woman over seventeen has any faith in her skin tone, and no woman over thirty can ever regard her upper arms with equanimity.

Possessions, for the terminally frightened, bring peace of mind.

A sense of humor isn't everything. It's only 90 percent of everything.

There is one thing that humans strive for with every cell, every gene, every nerve fiber of our beings. ... More than Mallomars, more than hot sex, we want to belong.

[On her dogs:] I have four now. My friends tell me if I get any more they'll have to hold an intervention.

we know that our world is corrupt and diseased but we're tired of being cynical and feeling helpless. What the hell, tilt at a windmill.

Dogs and humans are symbiotic species. We need each other.