The divorce has lasted way longer than the marriage, but finally it's over.

So much of what I see reminds me of something I read in a book, when shouldn't it be the other way around?

You get to be a certain age and you start reading stuff about the age you are, and you think, what is wrong with these people who are writing these books? Do they not have necks?

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.

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

The empty nest is underrated.

I want to talk to her. I want to have lunch with her. I want her to give me a book she just read and loved. She is my phantom limb, and I just can’t believe I’m here without her.”- on losing her best friend