“I wear a pedometer, aiming for five miles a day - don't be too impress...” — Elinor Lipman Quote

I wear a pedometer, aiming for five miles a day - don't be too impressed; that includes walking around my house and food shopping.

I watch golf on television, although I don't golf - except for visits to the driving range in spurts.

I was a roving guard on the Lowell Hebrew Community Center's girls' basketball team all through high school. My specialty was stealing the ball, but my only shot was a lay-up.

I was nearly fired from my second job, which was writing press releases for Boston's public television station.

My narrators tend to be women with low self-esteem, so I can send them to charm school.

The food here is terrible, and the portions are too small.

Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us.

We farm workers are closest to food production. We were the first to recognize the serious health hazards of agriculture pesticides to both consumers and ourselves.

People see you onstage and the glamorous side, but they don't see you traveling 600 miles a night, eating truck stop food and spending by yourself staring at walls.

I try to eat 'real' food as much as I can; often I'll shove a load of ingredients - spinach, an apple or whatever's knocking about - in my NutriBullet. Nothing beats a bit of buttery toast though! I think a little bit of what you fancy does you good.