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

I'm going to stop punishing my children by saying, “Never mind! I'll do it myself.

I will never understand children. I never pretended to. I meet mothers all the time who make resolutions to themselves. 'I'm going to ... go out of my way to show them I am interested in them and what they do. I am going to understand my children.' These women end up making rag rugs, using blunt scissors.

We've got a generation now who were born with semiequality. They don't know how it was before, so they think, this isn't too bad. We're working. We have our attache' cases and our three piece suits. I get very disgusted with the younger generation of women. We had a torch to pass, and they are just sitting there. They don't realize it can be taken away. Things are going to have to get worse before they join in fighting the battle.

When you look like your passport photo, it's time to go home.

A grandparent will accept your calls from anywhere, collect.

Encourage independence in your children by regularly losing them in the supermarket.