I try to write parts for women that are as complicated and interesting as women actually are.

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My mother was a good recreational cook, but what she basically believed about cooking was...

My mother was a good recreational cook, but what she basically believed about cooking was...

If pregnancy were a book they would cut the last two chapters.

If pregnancy were a book they would cut the last two chapters.

My mother wanted us to understand that the tragedies of your life one day have...

My mother wanted us to understand that the tragedies of your life one day have...

I am continually fascinated at the difficulty intelligent people have in distinguishing what is controversial...

I am continually fascinated at the difficulty intelligent people have in distinguishing what is controversial...

There are plenty of men who philander during the summer, to be sure, but they...

There are plenty of men who philander during the summer, to be sure, but they...

I don't care who you are. When you sit down to write the first page...

I don't care who you are. When you sit down to write the first page...

In my sex fantasy, nobody ever loves me for my mind.

In my sex fantasy, nobody ever loves me for my mind.

As far as the men who are running for president are concerned, they aren't even...

As far as the men who are running for president are concerned, they aren't even...

My mother wanted us to understand that the tragedies of your life one day have...

My mother wanted us to understand that the tragedies of your life one day have...

What will happen to sex after liberation? Frankly, I don't know. It is a great...

What will happen to sex after liberation? Frankly, I don't know. It is a great...

Whenever I get married, I start buying Gourmet magazine.

Whenever I get married, I start buying Gourmet magazine.

Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people...

Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people...

Summer bachelors, like summer breezes, are never as cool as they pretend to be.

Summer bachelors, like summer breezes, are never as cool as they pretend to be.

What my mother believed about cooking is that if you worked hard and prospered, someone...

What my mother believed about cooking is that if you worked hard and prospered, someone...

Beware of men who cry. It's true that men who cry are sensitive to and...

Beware of men who cry. It's true that men who cry are sensitive to and...

The desire to get married, which - I regret to say, I believe is basic...

The desire to get married, which - I regret to say, I believe is basic...

With any child entering adolescence, one hunts for signs of health, is desperate for the...

With any child entering adolescence, one hunts for signs of health, is desperate for the...

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

My interest in desperation lies only in that sometimes I find myself having become desperate....

My interest in desperation lies only in that sometimes I find myself having become desperate....

When one hits the bottom of the Desperation Barrel, there is always someone down there.

When one hits the bottom of the Desperation Barrel, there is always someone down there.