I try to write parts for women that are as complicated and interesting as women actually are.

If your husband is cheating on you with a carhop, get Meryl Streep to play you. You'll feel much better.

[Wellesley College] is about as meaningful to the educational process in America as a perfume factory is to the national economy.

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.

Vera said: 'Why do you feel you have to turn everything into a story?' So I told her why: Because if I tell the story, I control the version. Because if I tell the story, I can make you laugh, and I would rather have you laugh at me than feel sorry for me. Because if I tell the story, it doesn't hurt as much. Because if I tell the story, I can get on with it.

When your children are teenagers, it's important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you.

That's your problem! You don't want to be in love. You want to be in love in a movie.