... Washington is, for one thing, the news capital of the world. And for another, it is a company town. Most of the interesting people in Washington either work for the government or write about it.

I never know what I'm going to do for the Post next. Two weeks ago I had a piece on Homeland Security. This is one of my pig ongoing projects. How unprepared we are for a terrorist attack.

I had cottage cheese for lunch and a glass of wine when I got home tonight.

The football season is like pain. You forget how terrible it is until it seizes you again.

I think, certainly in the more civilized societies, women's roles are growing in power all of the time.

Its always in the second administration when things start to go sour. They circle the wagons.

Women will have all the power one day anyway. It's just a matter of time.

We're newspaper junkies; I can't imagine life without a newspaper.

I was brought up by an Episcopalian father and Presbyterian mother in nondenominational Army chapels all over the world and never really had much religious experience.

Every poll shows that most journalists are Democrats.

Last week I did a piece for Style on advice to Laura Bush about how to help her husband. This week it's religion. It just depends on what I find interesting at the moment.

But time given to wishing for what can't be is not only spent, but wasted, and for all that we waste we shall be accountable.

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.

Film has always been hard for me, I'm basically a stage actress. I never felt comfortable in front of the camera.

An artist chooses his subjects: that is the way he praises.

I definitely have sympathy for people who are struggling. I've met with young Muslims who have told me about their struggles.

Inability to make decisions is one of the principal reasons executives fail.

I used to follow trends and try to do exactly what I saw in the magazines, but I'm not a Victoria's Secret model who can wear anything.

I'm the king of brownie sundaes!

One of the things I have come up against time and again in my career is the notion that because a book is easy to read it was somehow easy to write.