Marlo Thomas

My father said there were two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better.

A man has to be Joe McCarthy to be called ruthless. All a woman has to do is put you on hold.

I was an educated girl. I'd done very well in school. I had a good point average and graduated from USC as an English teacher. My dad didn't even finish high school.

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.

Most detective story readers are an educated audience and know there are only a certain number of plots. The interest lies in what the writer does with them.

San Franciscans know we live in the most beautiful city in the world, a jewel on the edge of the Golden Gate.