My grandmother didn't approve of the romance novels I read as a teenager. She called them trash novels. However, she had an even lower opinion of newspapers like the Star and the National Enquirer. She called them bird cage liners.

If you're trying to find success, it helps to know where to look.

I've reached the age where lists are a necessity. If I don't write things down, I forget them. Of course, this leads to another problem - remembering where I put the lists.

If we knew then what we know now, our youth would have been a lot easier. Instead, we simply outgrew it.

There wouldn't be any problems with the environment if everyone followed my grandmother's rule - clean up what you mess up.

To die for is a frequently used expression. Paradoxically, it's an expression with long life.

Has lack of sleep become this century's sleeping sickness?

Fantasizing about ruling the world helps one deal with the frustrations of daily life.

General Electric's motto used to be "Progress is our most important product" and that motto lit up the United States.

My grandmother believed in face-lifts - as long as they didn't require surgery. She believed a smile improved everyone's looks. Most women, however, use lipstick to improve their looks. That's why lipstick is the most frequently purchased beauty product - except by me.