The left ask people to believe that there is no conflict between feminism and the family.

The job of the press is to encourage debate, not to supply the public with information.

The news appeals to the same jaded appetite that makes a child tire of a toy as soon as it becomes familiar and demand a new one in its place.

Because politics rests on an irreducible measure of coercion, it can never become a perfect realm of perfect love and justice.

I come from a family that does not believe in art to this day. They think art is vanity.

One of my main wishes in wanting to write about my mother was to explore the impact of her death on my life, explore our relationship, think about the different versions of myself that I was with and without her. I also had the really strong wish to bring her to life for my children, who were born after she was gone.

You must understand, that for a daughter to protect her father's image is natural; Freud built a whole career around it.

We all know him: everybody has an Archie Bunker in their family, so you love to laugh at him, and you never take it personally; everybody just has a ball laughing at him.