Anna Quindlen

Children should have enough freedom to be themselves - once they've learned the rules.

Ignorant free speech often works against the speaker. That is one of several reasons why it must be given rein instead of suppressed.

New York City has finally hired women to pick up the garbage, which makes sense to me, since, as I've discovered, a good bit of being a woman consists of picking up garbage.

There's a whole bunch of unfinished stuff. Then I've got books of lyrics. I find it frustrating to finish a song and not be able to record it... so I don't write a million songs.

I am convinced that the reason so many fans leave Dodger Stadium after the seventh inning is that they become bored.

One Moment in Time because I think it describes me as a person and how I felt about being on the show.