I still feel as if I weren't a good enough mother. I didn't break any rules. I didn't cause my son any pain. But I did bring to my life some of my father, who was very controlling and very remote. I was working a lot. I wasn't there enough.

I feel about my dogs now, and all the dogs I had prior to this, the way I feel about children—they are that important to me. When I have lost a dog I have gone into a mourning period that lasted for months.

I think marriage, in its loosest sense, is people committing to each other saying I love you and I like being with you and that is wonderful. I don't see the need to formalize it unless you plan to have children and you want the fair distribution of assets.

No candy bars unless I've had a low blood sugar where I'm shaky

I don't think you should ever expect forever in anything, in either platonic friendships or sexual friendships.

The thing is I never want to be an observer, it's only in retrospect that I wish I had observed.

Well, there are certain foods that I prefer not to eat because they're just such a jolt to the system