“There is a very serious fiscal-policy question of, 'Are we running our...” — Jack Lew Quote

There is a very serious fiscal-policy question of, 'Are we running our overall fiscal policy such that we as a government can pay our bills?'

It's going to be true that anything that reduces the federal deficit will have somebody unhappy.

I've never seen a constructive Social Security debate that started with one side digging in, in one place and another side digging into another.

There are lots of ways to work together.

Social Security is something that we need to deal with, because people who are working today, who will retire in the future, people who are retired today, they have a right - and it's part of the compact that they can depend on their benefits. We should fix the long-term funding problem of Social Security because that's the right thing to do.

So long as our record company is fronting the bills and signing the checks, our job is to sell records and get on the radio.

I love luxury, I love the high life, and I have to foot the bills - I have received practically nothing from my marriages and relationships.

I don't know that any writing comes easily, but I certainly get more immersed in novels. I don't think the routine is any different, but fiction tends to pull me further away from my life. When I'm deep in a novel, I don't pay bills and I walk around in one shoe, drinking two-day old coffee, and calling my kids by the wrong names.

Women face unique challenges in society, no doubt. But focusing narrowly on women as a special interest group isn't the winning play. The ability to pay your bills, send your kids to a good school, and keep your family safe are 'women's issues' after all.