Personally, I can't see why it would be any less romantic to find a husband in a nice four-color catalogue than in the average downtown bar at happy hour.

Hope is essential to any political struggle for radical change when the overall social climate promotes disillusionment and despair.

For anyone worn down, The Impossible Will Take a Little While is a bracing double cappuccino.

Considering the absence of legal coercion, the surprising thing is that men have for so long, and, on the whole, so reliably, adhered to what we might call the breadwinner ethic.

Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia.

No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.

The 'working poor,' as they are approvingly termed, are in fact the major philanthropists of our society.

There is a vast difference between positive thinking and existential courage.

No one should be incarcerated for debt or squeezed for money they have no chance of getting their hands on.

Poverty is not a character failing or a lack of motivation. Poverty is a shortage of money.

The one regret I have about my own abortions is that they cost money that might otherwise have been spent on something more pleasurable, like taking the kids to movies and theme parks.

I decided I would teach Mrs. P. a lesson by cooking my own meal.

The purpose of life is to reach a point where you can say 'yes' to all of it.

You want more light in your house? Enlarge your windows! You want more truth in your life? Doubt everything!

Networking is not a part-time or occasional exercise. Everywhere we go, we haven an opportunity to network with others.

I adore my dad. He's a 78-year-old man and my inspiration.

In my definition I am a protest writer, with restraint.

It's hard to love a place that's outlawed smoking but finds it perfectly acceptable to serve raw fish in a bath of chocolate.

It is harder to see than it is to express. The whole value of art rests in the artist's ability to see well into what is before him.

I had done 25 motion pictures prior to The Partridge Family and nobody knew my name.

I was sad because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. So I said, "Got any shoes you’re not using?