I'm planning to give up worrying. I want to, but I'm worried I won't be able to.

Someone will always tell you what you want to hear.

In your standard-issue family, of which few remain, but on which our expectations are still based, there are parents and there are children. The way you know which are which, aside from certain size and age differences and despite any behavior similarities, is that the parents are the bossy ones.

I have one rule I live by: Only do what you can do. That neans you're never looking outside for what's popular; you're always looking inside for what's true.

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.

One quarter of what you buy will turn out to be mistakes.

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