"Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else."

"Democracy is just something you must do every day, like brushing your teeth."

"A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle."

"Most American children suffer too much mother and too little father."

"There were never that many women stand-up comics in the past because the power to make people laugh is also a power that gets people upset."