Being a good mother does not call for the same qualities as being a good housewife; a dedication to keeping children clean and tidy may override an interest in their separate development as individuals.

Clearly, society has a tremendous stake in insisting on a woman's natural fitness for the career of mother: the alternatives are all too expensive.

Families are nothing other than the idolatry of duty.

There are always women who will take men on their own terms. If I were a man I wouldn't bother to change while there are women like that around.

I'd love to have First Lady Michelle Obama over and ask, 'How do you make your marriage work?' I think the president is sexy as all get-out, but he has got to get on her nerves some kind of way. He's this wonderful, powerful man, but she sees him leaving his socks on the floor.

My wife is Greek. I was a non-denomination Christian before we got married.

I had this thesis that we had entered the experience economy. People were getting married later and starting to value experiences like travel over owning things.

It's a difficult undertaking. I've been married for four years and I see this movie as a cautionary tale about people who've gone deeply out of communication.