Anna Quindlen

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

Life is not so much about beginnings and endings as it is about going on and on and on. It is about muddling through the middle.

A finished person is a boring person.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.

Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the expense of joy.