I love the idea that I'm the oldest one in the room because I can get away with anything!

You are the architect of your personal experience.

In some ways, America has grown up to be a masterpiece of self-concern.

I'm a city girl and I never really lived in the country, so I'm learning about that.

the illusion never really dissipates that you can lose twenty pounds in one night by cutting out dinner.

If anything interferes with my inner peace, I will walk away. Arguments with family members. All that stuff. None of it matters.

The mob taught me how to play gin rummy.