Children are a house's enemy. They don't mean to be - they just can't help it. It's their enthusiasm, their energy, their naturally destructive tendencies.

In Los Angeles, by the time you're 35, you're older than most of the buildings.

Children are a house's enemy. They don't mean to be - they just can't help it. It's their enthusiasm, their energy, their naturally destructive tendencies.

in the family I grew up in, being called boring was like being called an ax murderer.

Clothes have special power. I'll always remember the raspberry colored v-necked silk sweater I was wearing on my husband and my first date. If I hadn't been wearing that sweater that night, would any of it have happened?

if you are a stepparent, rush right out and get yourself a dog. Because it's very nice to have someone in the house that loves you.

As for superpower: I wish I could eat a million pastries and not gain weight. I wish I were Pastry Woman.