Families are ecosystems. Each life grows in response to the lives around it

The Hunger Games' isn't for everybody. But neither is 'Anna Karenina.

Don't waste time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind.

Every day each of us wakes up, reaches into drawers and closets, pulls out a costume for the day and proceeds to dress in a style that can only be called preposterous.

Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you'll have a trust fund. Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either of them might run out.

TV happens. And once it's happened, it's gone. When it's gone, you move on, no tears, no tantrums, no videotape

Remember compliments you receive. Forget the insults. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how.