Never judge a cover by its book.

I never met anyone who didn't have a very smart child. What happens to these children, you wonder, when they reach adulthood?

When I started publishing, I got offers to write for big magazines. But I would always say, "Well, it's not that I don't want to write for these big magazines, but you can't edit it."

Why not have your first baby at sixty, when your husband is already dead and your career is over? Then you can really devote yourself to it.

Presently it appears that people are mainly concerned with being well rested. Those capable of uninterrupted sleep are much admired. Unconsciousness is in great demand. This is the day of the milligram. The rigors of learning how to do long division have been a traditional part of childhood, just like learning to smoke. In fact, as far as I am concerned, the two go hand in hand. Any child who cannot do long division by himself does not deserve to smoke.

It's very important who the president of the United States is. America is a great idea, so that's why it's a great country.

American women think that clothes fit them if they can fit into them. But that's not at all what fit means.