I see the way he looks at you when you're not aware of his gaze. I see the way you care for him. And so when you think he wants you gone, it is not that. He is simply afraid to lose you.

I write to make sense of my life."-John Cheever, quoted in _Cheever - A Life_ (2009) by Blake Bailey

If a policy is wrongheaded feckless and corrupt I take it personally and consider it a moral obligation to sound off and not shut up until it's fixed.

Every single diet I ever fell off of was because of potatoes and gravy of some sort.

I'm an outgoing person when it comes to friends, but when it comes to being confident and sexy, the sexy word scares me.

I don't care when people use the term 'one-Slam wonder' with me.

Now in these troubled times, even more than ever, we need an affirmation that there is goodness and beauty in the world.

Neurosis can be understood best as the battle between tendencies within an individual; deep character analysis leads, if successful, to the progressive solution.

I've spent over half my life at NBC. This is the only place I have ever worked.

I cringe inside when anybody gives me something. I don't know why. I just get embarrassed.

Take care of your colon and your colon will take care of you.