Like many other women, I could not understand why every man who changed a diaper has felt impelled, in recent years, to write a book about it.

Hope is essential to any political struggle for radical change when the overall social climate promotes disillusionment and despair.

For anyone worn down, The Impossible Will Take a Little While is a bracing double cappuccino.

Considering the absence of legal coercion, the surprising thing is that men have for so long, and, on the whole, so reliably, adhered to what we might call the breadwinner ethic.

Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia.

No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.

The 'working poor,' as they are approvingly termed, are in fact the major philanthropists of our society.

There is a vast difference between positive thinking and existential courage.

No one should be incarcerated for debt or squeezed for money they have no chance of getting their hands on.

Poverty is not a character failing or a lack of motivation. Poverty is a shortage of money.

Personally, I can't see why it would be any less romantic to find a husband in a nice four-color catalogue than in the average downtown bar at happy hour.

By simply relaxing, being quiet, breathing and having a heartfelt intention to help another being, you create a sacred space. In this space, all things are possible.

The day the nation voted on whether I’d live or die, I woke up with a headache.

Every child is a blessing and should be raised to become a blessing to others.

The books. Are unhappy.

I always say the minute I stop making mistakes is the minute I stop learning and I've definitely learned a lot.

The jobs left, and the factories closed... the wealth, strength and confidence of America has disappeared over the horizon.

I don't have any relationship with God and I've never wanted it. I don't believe in fate or in any superior entity; if a plane crashes and people die, it's not because Heaven said so.

Writing offers fairly large rewards to a few successful people, but the rewards come late, and most writers are failures.

When I make an error, it's a very bad day in my house.

I've been accused of being unambitious, but what I do takes up every minute. I'm executive producer, I'm a writer and the host.