Because the majority of my readers are women, I feel that one public service I can provide to them is to spread the message of regular mammograms and early detection within the strip.

Otherwise, my whole career has just been flinging myself at whatever is most overdue first and letting everything else stack up.

When life gives you lemons, squirt someone in the eye.

My dog was with me all the time. I talked to my dog. She was my best buddy. I shared all my secrets with her, but I don't think I every really tried jokes out with the dog.

Food, love, career, and mothers, the four major guilt groups.

I was going to sip on a diet soda, but a little voice convinced me I needed the extra calcium from a cup of hot chocolate.

The story of a mother's life: Trapped between a scream and a hug.

Imagine my surprise when, after a lifetime of teaching me to keep personal things to myself, Mom insisted my drawings were the start of a comic strip for millions of people to enjoy.

Each of us wages a private battle each day between the grand fantasies we have for ourselves and what actually happens.

Defy your own group. Rebel against yourself.

Every time I get something under control in my own life, the world provides more material.

How is it possible to have a civil war?

lack of sound mind and judgment – the ability to make considered decisions or come to sensible conclusions, is a matter of frustration and disillusionment to God

If my life wasn't funny it would just be true, and that is unacceptable.

When I was younger, I was a robot. Wind her up and she plays tennis.

I would love it if my book was considered chick-lit or a beach read. That would be great. People would buy my book.

I think I'm happy with who I am. I don't know if I learned that from other girls or just people in general.

There are no more new worlds. The unoccupied arable lands of the earth are limited, and will soon be taken.

A man that is down doesn't fear to fall.

The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.

The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.