Mom and Dad were great, but being asked where I was going every time I left the house - or where I'd been every time I returned - got old quickly.

Focus on yourself -- do what you want, when you want, without having to consider anyone else's agenda.

a few bad apples is no reason not to visit the orchard.

I've always expressed my thoughts in color but we remain blind.

Oh, don't be silly - EVERYONE wants this. Everyone wants to be *us*.

I definitely like clothes as much as the next girl, just not to the extent of people who work in the fashion industry.

Naturally, I mine my girlfriends lives for good anecdotes and stories - so many of their experiences find their way into my books.

I'm not denying that he's a terrific guy, but I'm not sure he's terrific for me.

He certainly seems like the perfect guy but none of that matters if he's not the perfect guy for you.

This was exhausting. If she was going to make this kind of emotional investment in someone, he should at least be a proper boyfriend. But for a casual fling? She could drive herself crazy.

There are 2, 500 kinds of sponges, all of them consist largely of holes.

The Pope is barely Catholic enough for some converts.

I believe that our vote is both a public duty and a sacred trust.

I can now say without hesitation the Marine Corps was the best foster home I ever had.

Being in Nirvana was amazing an experience that will never happen again for me. And I look on them as some of the best and worst times of my life.

I'm magically delicious.

We've suffered a "Ponzification" of the economy in recent years, as bubbles have built up and then burst, and each time we act as though it's the first time.

A fastidious taste is like a squeamish appetite; the one has its origin in some disease of the mind, as the other has in some ailment of the stomach.

What a man has honestly acquired is absolutely his own, which he may freely give, but cannot be taken from him without his consent.

I think any show has the potential to bring about social change. I do not think any one show in isolation can do it. I think it is a groundswell that needs to continue to be bolstered from all ends.