Its easier to lecture women on sexual morality than it is to explain why all Americans shouldnt have comprehensive, fair, and equal health care coverage. – Martha Plimpton
Thats the thing about interviews, at some point youre going to change your mind. But its there forever and you cant escape it. – Martha Plimpton
Its not common for a woman on television, especially if shes the mom of the family, to be funny. Shes usually a straight man or foil. – Martha Plimpton
My mom and I used to listen to records, read, and take train rides across the country in the summer. It was a very chill life. She didnt expose me to anything that was ahead of my development, but she expected me to adjust to her world – she did not expect to adjust to mine. – Martha Plimpton
Ants are so much like human beings as to be an embarrassment. They farm fungi, raise aphids as livestock, launch armies into war, use chemical sprays to alarm and confuse enemies, capture slaves, engage in child labour, exchange information ceaselessly. They do everything but watch television. – Lewis Thomas