Coupling doesn't always have to do with sex ... Two people holding each other up like flying buttresses. Two people depending on each other and babying each other and defending each other against the world outside. Sometimes it was worth all the disadvantages of marriage just to have that: one friend in an indifferent world.

My generation had Doris Day as a role model, then Gloria Steinem--then Princess Diana. We are the most confused generation.

Sadly, because of the enormous gap between rich and poor, some mothers can afford helpers, but many can't. Those who can would be kinder to refrain from criticizing other women.

If we don't risk anything, we risk even more.

Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.

We all parent the best we can. Being human, we're ambivalent. We want perfection for our babies, but we also need sleep.

Solitude is considered un-American.