. . . when my family headed out west, like any birth canal Rochester was forgotten.

All that young-girl idealism is someone else's now.

That stage in life when older people assume that just because you've graduated college you know who you are, or what you're doing, and in fact most people don't.

There’s a small window of opportunity to apologize sometimes after you’ve terribly wronged someone. It closes. Sometimes forever, but it never opens wide enough again for a good breeze.

Light works most effectively in darkness.

Sometimes my mind wanders; other times it leaves completely.

What does one tell a husband? One tells him nothing.

What is needed [to combat terrorism], in my view, is resolve, not retreat; courage, not concession. Rather than thinking in terms of an exit strategy, focus on a strategy for success.

Ever since her trip with Alexia to Scotland, Mrs. Tunstell had rather a taste for foreign travel. Alexia blamed it on the kilts.

The best parts of any story to me are the unexpected things, and we have really imaginative, smart writers - I can't wait to see what they make with the ingredients they have on hand.

The trouble with morning is that it comes well before noon.

I think sometimes for me that sounds like almost being selfish. I am not about personal records.

To care only about your pain and suffering, and disregard the emotional toll of others is hypocritically sub-human.