Well, this is good for me, this is experience, I am here for a reason, these moments run into pages, the seamy side of life.
Even if it's not what you planned, you can make a life for yourself on your own and be happy.
But the fact is, I'm not work-identified. I'm not a lawyer or a writer. I'm a mom, and I'm a woman, and that's the kind of people I want to see in books in the starring role.
I am an open book, literally. I don't mind if people know way too much about me.
And when I look at my mother, I reflect on her strength and endurance. She's cranky sometimes, but she is lovable and loving. I'd be happy to be there at 86.
Women shouldn't iron, ever. It's our wrinkles that make us interesting.
The thing about love is that we can't control whether we get it, but we can control whether we give it. And each feels as good as the other. Your heart doesn't know if it's loving a man, a book, or a puppy. If your heart were that smart, it would be your brain.
There was a time when young people respected learning and literature and now they don't.
You will read in the newspaper more often about federal courts, but the law that affects people, the trials that affect human beings are by and large in the state courts
I have absolutely no empathy for camels. I didn't care for being abused in the Middle East by those horrible, horrible, horrible creatures. They don't like people. It's not at all like the relationship between horses and humans.
I would like to take this opportunity [on Letterman] just to tell the press to KISS MY SKINNY WHITE ASS!