Meek wifehood is no part of my profession; I am your friend, but never your possession.

There is an abiding beauty which may be appreciated by those who will see things as they are and who will ask for no reward except to see.

Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity.

Thank God I'm in touch with my emotions enough to be able to pick up my children, kiss them all over and say 'I love you' over and over.

Then I abandoned comics for fine art because I had some romantic vision of being like Vincent Van Gogh Jr.

Interpreting anyone's marriage - a neighbor's, let alone the president's - is extremely difficult. And yet, examining the first couple's relationship - their negotiations of public and private life, of conflicts and compromises - offers hints about Barack Obama the president, not just Barack Obama the husband.

I think in any relationship in this industry, there's a stress on relationships. I think that's reality, but in no way do I think that if a relationship is meant to be together and a marriage is meant to be together, that anything like a show or being in this industry can change that.