I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle and end.

There is no real security except for whatever you build inside yourself.

I grew up in front of a television. I guess I'll grow old inside of one.

[Roseanne Roseannadanna line:] It's always something.

While we have the gift of life, it seems to me the only tragedy is to allow part of us to die - whether it is our spirit, our creativity or our glorious uniqueness.

I would say that Lucy, 'I Love Lucy,' she was my idol.

Motherhood . . . is an act of infinite optimism.