I never learnt Hebrew because my health was fragile, and it was thought that learning Hebrew would be an added burden. I regret it, because I would like to be able to join in fully. Not that I am a believer, but I would like to be.

Great writers are the saints for the godless.

Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad women never take the blame for anything.

Existentialism is about being a saint without God; being your own hero, without all the sanction and support of religion or society.

My attachment to my wedding ring is a powerful symbol of the infinite love that I have for my wife and children.

I'm not done with love, but I refuse to settle. I am a hopeless romantic. And I won't stop till I get it right.

I guess there were things about the Obamas I discovered that I do think are universal to marriage. I found it very interesting in my reporting that their most difficult periods in the White House almost never seemed to coincide. When one was down, the other one was holding it together. In my experience, that's true of marriage generally.

I'm glad I did 'Married... with Children,' and I liked making all that money, and we all had a lot of laughs.