I've never vied for power in the family before. Pointing a box at the garage door and saying "Open!" was never a big deal, but holding that television tuner and realizing I alone control what is flashed on the screen brings out the Iacocca in me.

Some of the best fiction writers got their start writing airline menus.

Giving birth is little more than a set of muscular contractions granting passage of a child. Then the mother is born.

Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It's too controversial.

I was too old for a paper route, too young for Social Security and too tired for an affair.

Never lend your car to anyone to whom you have given birth.

Motherhood isn't just a series of contractions; it's a state of mind. From the moment we know life is inside us, we feel a responsibility to protect and defend that human being.