Men should come with instruction booklets..

In the '80s, I thought I'd be a success as a woman if I were the president of a billion dollar company, had a sensitive soul-mate husband, two biling….

I was going to sip on a diet soda, but a little voice convinced me I needed the extra calcium from a cup of hot chocolate..

A young bride can put on makeup at 6 in the morning and look fabulous at midnight. I have about a 15-minute window where I actually look good, and th….

I've found it's better to talk to the machine and hang up if I get the person..

Mothers send strips to daughters to make a point. Daughters smack strips down on the breakfast table to make a point. My own mom sometimes cuts a str….

My mother had always taught me to write about my feelings instead of sharing really personal things with others, so I spent many evenings writing in ….

Imagine my surprise when, after a lifetime of teaching me to keep personal things to myself, Mom insisted my drawings were the start of a comic strip….

Because the majority of my readers are women, I feel that one public service I can provide to them is to spread the message of regular mammograms and….

The relationship between Cathy and Mom in the strip is the one relationship drawn from real life that I have proudly never even tried to disguise..

My heart always belongs to the one who doesn't want it..

I'm most proud of having created something that men never completely get..

When life gives you lemons, squirt someone in the eye..

Allow yourself to graduate, every five years..

Food ... love ... mother ... career ... Live every day to the fullest. Partake of the four basic guilt groups..

[On men:] I'm torn between wanting to have one and wanting to be one..

A lot of married people certainly have wonderful relationships with their dogs, but when you're single and your dog is the only other living thing in….

Otherwise, my whole career has just been flinging myself at whatever is most overdue first and letting everything else stack up..

Food, love, career, and mothers, the four major guilt groups..

There are self-awareness groups, to help you discover who you really are ... encounter groups, to help you deal with who you really are ... assertive….

Wake me up when I'm a size 5..