It's always a shock to the people who run studios when a movie that is for women is a hit. They have an infinite capacity to be shocked.

When I buy a new book, I always read the last page first, that way in case I die before I finish, I know how it ends. That, my friend, is a dark side.

I have a theory that children remember two things-when you weren't there and when they threw up.

I look as young as a person can look given how old I am.

The big cities of America are becoming Third World countries.

Washington is a city of locker-room boys, and all the old, outmoded notions apply: men and women are ushered to separate rooms after dinner, sex is dirty, and they are still serving onion-soup dip.

And don't be frightened: you can always change your mind. I know: I've had four careers and three husbands.