The vulnerability of opening your heart fully and deeply to another is terrifying, but at a point in my 50s, I realized that I had to step up to the plate.

Exercise teaches you the pleasure of discipline.

Pay more attention to losing inches than losing pounds.

Beware of men who use words that relate pejoratively to females when describing the 'other side.

To be a revolutionary you have to be a human being. You have to care about people who have no power.

We need women friends, women who challenge us... I have chosen not to have any more plastic surgery. Sally Field and I have kind of made a pact about that. It's really hard, especially if you're a public person. But I want to give a face to aging.

You cannot expect your children to be happy eating esoteric beige-colored foods when their friends get soda pop, Snickers, and Twinkies.