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

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.

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.

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.

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.

If you take a frown and turn it upside down, the person you are holding by the ankles will soon pass out.

Why ruin a good story with the truth?

A wife lasts only for the length of the marriage, but an ex-wife is there for the rest of your life.

I don't know what I want, but I know what I don't want

The difference between sex and death is, death you can do alone and nobody laughs at you.