Motherhood has been an exercise in guilt.

Right after 'Desperate' sold to China, we were the most watched show around the world at the time. That's really something great to be a part of.

A win for one is a win for all - and I'm not just saying that because Dumas did.

It's only because I feel like such a philistine spending all that time in hair and makeup that I started to knit. I used to spend that time studying Italian and French. Then after I had two kids, my brain turned to mush and I took up knitting.

The pressure on women to be thin is like a plague. I have gone through my life, like a lot of women, rating my experiences on the basis of, 'Was I thin at that time or fat?' And it doesn't seem to let up.

Beauty can make you powerful in a way that isn't good for you. Being OK is better for the person I have become.

I go to bed when the kids go to bed because I get up when they get up at 5.