Quotes about "Retirement & Later Life"

When I found out I was pregnant, I was 22. It was really scary because I was working the music thing, and with a kid coming, you just can't live that life with a child. ”

On the television planet, where men make up the tribe, the law of the caveman rules. So, for a woman coming from another world, without experience or cunning, to succeed gradually in gaining control over what is to be taped, what goes out over the air, what is said without censorship, is an epic feat. ”

I'm one of the highest-paid television people in the world. I feel like I've made a difference in my viewers' lives, that I've been influential. ”

When you have a child who wants to take his own life and you feel powerless, nothing else in life matters. ”

I'll never retire from working; I'll keep my life interesting until I drop dead. ”

For me, the American promise isn't just an idea or a theory - it's my life story. ”

There is always risk involved. You can't be a capitalist only when there are investment profits but then a socialist when you experience losses. ”

I teach a lot of graduate creative writing classes, and on the first day, I like to go around the room and ask everybody what's the last book you've read that you really loved. And all of the women tend to give me chick lit titles. And to me, that's sort of disappointing because it's their only exposure to fiction somehow. ”

I wasn't a very good student. I prefer to learn by experience. ”

I love musicals; I just couldn't book one to save my life. ”