And then the dreams break into a million tiny pieces. The dream dies. Which leaves you with a choice: you can settle for reality, or you can go off, like a fool, and dream another dream.

The hardest thing about writing is writing.

Beware of men who cry. It's true that men who cry are sensitive to and in touch with feelings, but the only feelings they tend to be sensitive to and in touch with are their own.

The image of the journalist as wallflower at the orgy has been replaced by the journalist as the life of the party.

Everybody I know who goes out and plays a little softball, they break their leg.

Eat every meal as if it's your last; when the last one comes, you probably won't be very hungry.

... when I finish reading People, I always feel that I have just spent four days in Los Angeles. Women's Wear Daily at least makes me feel dirty; People makes me feel that I haven't read or learned or seen anything at all.