One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child's name and how old he or she is.

If I had my life to live over again, I would have waxed less and listened more. ... I would have cried and laughed less while watching television ... and more while watching real life. ... But mostly, given another shot at life, I would seize every minute of it ... look at it and really see it ... try it on ... live it ... exhaust it ... and never give the minute back until there was nothing left of it.

The Rose Bowl is the only bowl I've ever seen that I didn't have to clean.

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

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

Children make your life important.

It is my theory you can't get rid of fat. All you can do is move it around, like furniture.