When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.

The hardest thing about writing is writing.

Parenting meant that whether or not your children understood you, your obligation was to understand them.

You can't meet someone until you become what you're becoming.

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

Never marry a man you wouldn't want to be divorced from.

I'm very much a believer in knowing what it is that you love doing so you can do a great deal of it.

Take notes. Everything is copy.

I think if you're lucky enough to find a voice in whatever you do, that voice will come sneaking out no matter what.

I don't think any day is worth living without thinking about what you're going to eat next at all times.

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

Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape.

You're born, you die. Everything in between is subject to interpretation.

You can settle for reality, or you can go off, like a fool, and dream another dream.

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

Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.

Paranoia is knowing all the facts.

The last time I was inside a woman was when I went to the Statue of Liberty.

My one regret in life is that I am not someone else.