You have to be the parent; you can't be their friend.

Good actresses can often accomplish miracles, and it is possible to be someone you've never been or will be. But in a sitcom, there's no time.

They see me as being this Super Mom on TV who also can more than handle a difficult husband, and they assume I'm going to be just full of wisdom as a mother and wife myself.

You are the strongest argument, yet, against cloning.

I still get the kids to the doctor and dentist and plan their play dates and buy their clothes.

When you're a woman with a certain amount of fame and money, you are never certain what someone's motives are.

It was extremely hard going from being a parent of one to a parent of three, because now all these instant decisions have to be made about how you balance out the time and attention between them.

Part of the whole L.A. mentality that nothing really matters unless it's a success... is such a shallow and dangerous attitude to have.

I really was about to pass out during my entire wedding. I just didn't know if I could marry anybody.

Mostly though, they waited. For the mail. For the news. For the bells. For breakfast and lunch and dinner. For one day to be over and the next day to begin.

I always did think that when I turned 40, I'd start coming into my own.

Shutting your eyes and pretending something's not happening doesn't make it not true, Jace.

I doubt if we nuns are really as self-sacrificing as we must seem to be to you who live in the world. We don't give everything for nothing, you know. The mystery plays fair.

If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored, we must redouble our efforts here to keep them free

The women's movement was coming, but I didn't know it in 1956-1957, when I began to write.

People are generally amazed that I would take an interest in any form that would require me to stop talking for three hours.

The worst tragedy that could have befallen me was my success. I knew right away that I was through - cast out.

I use discipline and focus as my greatest weapons.

Not since Walter Gibson has anyone been better suited to The Shadow than Howard Chaykin