I was very rebellious.

"Married with Children" was racy, it was sexist, it was a lot of things, but mostly it was funny.

I had to accept the fact that sometimes things happen that are out of our hands.

You realize mortality is everywhere.

The reason people are watching women in their mid-fifties is because a lot of those women feel great and have different, interesting stories to tell.

Um, I have an enormous faith in God. I have an enormous support system that also has that same belief.

Being a mother has been my greatest teacher and also the most self-sacrificing thing I've ever done.

I grew up listening to a lot of soul music, and a lot of folk music.

I loved Peg Bundy. I am so happy that I got to do that. It was really fun.

It's sort of the mixed blessing of being on television for so long in one thing; sometimes that backfires, in that you're not able to continue on.

I really like sort of disappearing.

Sometimes you have to fight for the past and sometimes you have to let go.

People wonder why the novel is the most popular form of literature

[G]ive nothing centrality, because writing is about continually shifting weight from one thing and moment to the other.

The things taught in schools are not an education but the means of an education.

The sun was down, And all the west was paved with sullen fire. I cried, Behold! the barren beach of hell At ebb of tide.

Cats aren't really friendly, they're just cozying up to the dominant life-form as a hedge against extinction.

The lifespan of most professional athletes is relatively short, and most have no preparation for doing anything after their career ends, which it could in an instant.

If God were alive today, He'd be an atheist.

A philosopher must be more than a philosopher.

I've always been on a personal mission to save the guitar.