Women today are bombarded with so many messages, like we should have Naomi Campbell's body and Madeleine Albright's career.

When someone loves you it's like having a blanket all round your heart.

Can officially confirm that the way to a man's heart these days is not through beauty, food, sex, or alluringness of character, but merely the ability to seem not very interested in him.

I am brave, though I am alone.

I made my excuses and left, thinking, really, after a certain age, people are just going to do what they're going to do and you're either going to accept them as they are or you're not.

I certainly think I'll end up writing about America in some form. I've taken plenty of notes. I like America very much.

It's amazing how much time and money can be saved in the world of dating by close attention to detail. A white sock here, a pair of red braces there, a gray slip-on shoe, a swastika, are as often as not all one needs to tell you there's no point in writing down phone numbers and forking out for expensive lunches because it's never going to be a runner.