There's nothing I value more than the closeness of friends and family, a smile as I pass someone on the street.

Some of the most important conversations I've ever had occurred at my family's dinner table.

Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.

When trouble comes, it's your family that supports you.

For me, nothing has ever taken precedence over being a mother and having a family and a home.

As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it.

I was born into the most remarkable and eccentric family I could possibly have hoped for.

It is extraordinary that when you are acquainted with a whole family you can forget about them.

For all of those willing to help me start a family, I am flattered. I will let you know when I need your help.

I have these visions of myself being thirty, thirty-five, forty having a family.