Sex in the nineties is boring. The problem is that it has gone from an active act to a spectator sport. We watch people make love on television and in films. We call 900 numbers to hear what someone would do to us if they weren't sitting in a boiler room of other dirty talkers reading from a prepared script.

There is only one thing harder in this world than forgiving. It's to ask forgiveness armed only with, 'I'm sorry'.

It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.

If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?

[On her father's death:] I didn't know his leaving would hurt so much.

My sister and I never engaged in sibling rivalry. Our parents weren't that crazy about either one of us.

Being a child at home alone in the summer is a high-risk occupation. If you call your mother at work thirteen times an hour, she can hurt you.