TV taste is an aftertaste. Whatever gets on the tube is always a foregone conclusion, a fait accompli. That is, any new ideas or social changes have already been fought for in the real world of the streets, or in the bedroom or even the law courts long before they reach the screen. By the time you see it on prime time, it's usually all over and done with, whatever it was. Television by definition is not avant garde. It is often reactionary and always sentimental.

if we begin on the men, there is no stopping. We must love them when we can.

The life of the city cat is short but so sophisticated.

Growing old is not a thing to watch. It cannot be forgiven in others. Alone, it can be borne. Even indulged.

like any Irish mother, I am scar tissue to the bone.

it takes a lot of rehearsal to become yourself.

I'm accused of cleverness as if it were a sin. She is merely clever, they say.