You just do it. You force yourself to get up. You force yourself to put one foot before the other, and God damn it, you refuse to let it get to you. You fight. You cry. You curse. Then you go about the business of living. That's how I've done it. There's no other way.

I suppose when they reach a certain age some men are afraid to grow up. It seems the older the men get, the younger their new wives get.

All I see in the mirror every morning is a face that needs washing.

So much is said with the electricity of the eyes, the intensity of a whisper. Less is more.

I don't like my voice. I don't like the way I look. I don't like the way I move. I don't like the way I act. I mean, period. So, you know, I don't like myself.

Marriage is a great institution.

I think I ended up being the scarlet woman partly because of my rather puritannical upbringing and beliefs. I always chose to think I was in love and that love was synonymous with marriage.