When it comes to cooking, five years ago I felt guilty "just adding water." Now I want to bang the tube against the countertop and have a five-course meal pop out. If it comes with plastic silverware and a plate that self-destructs, all the better.

I will buy any creme, cosmetic, or elixir from a woman with a European accent.

My son did not show signs of a money deficiency until he opened his small fist in the nursery and found it was empty.

It's [motherhood] the biggest on-the-job- training program in existence today.

As a child, my number one best friend was the librarian in my grade school. I actually believed all those books belonged to her.

Shopping is a woman thing. It's a contact sport like football. Women enjoy the scrimmage, the noisy crowds, the danger of being trampled to death, and the ecstasy of the purchase.

There are people who put their dreams in a little box and say, 'Yes, I've got dreams, of course I've got dreams.' Then they put the box away and bring it out once in awhile to look in it, and yep, they're still there. These are great dreams, but they never even get out of the box. It takes an uncommon amount of guts to put your dreams on the line, to hold them up and say, 'How good or how bad am I?' That's where courage comes in.