There are certain relationships I think I'm great at: I'm the world's greatest daughter. I'm a great relative. I believe I'm a great friend.

Nature is by and large to be found out of doors, a location where, it cannot be argued, there are never enough comfortable chairs.

I'm not a nervous person. I'm not afraid to be on TV. I'm only afraid when I write. When I'm at my desk I feel like most people would feel if they went on TV.

No one's supposed to be the president. This is not England. And it's not just the Bush family, all families designate each child as having some particular trait.

It would also have been helpful to have gone to a Catholic grammar school. The only people who know grammar are those people who went to Catholic grammar school. Those nuns beat it into them.

[On not reading newspapers:] If something important happens, your mother calls you.

I wish that real estate were cheaper and clothes were more expensive.