I have never thought I could take it, not even for the children. It is all I have wanted to do, to stand between them and and pain. But I come from a long line of women who put themselves first.

She'd crack A joke sharp as a tin lid Hot from the teeth of the can-opener, And cackle her crack-corn laugh.

A family is a mystery.

To me, the mind seems to be spread out in the whole body - the senses are part of the brain. I guess they're not where the thinking is done.

I think this is true for all artists. My senses are very important to me.

Baseball is reassuring. It makes me feel as if the world is not going to blow up.

I did not deceive him, he did not deceive me, I did not leave him, he did not leave me, I freed him, he freed me.