I was never against marriage per se. Before feminism, I didn't think you had any choice. In fact, for a long time I always assumed I would get married. I just didn't see any marriages I wanted to emulate, so I kept putting it off.

What has the women's movement learned from Geraldine Ferraro's candidacy for vice president? Never get married.

The error that we tend to make is that we think that women's magazines are what editors want and what their readers want - and thus are social indicators - when, in fact, they are what advertisers want. They're just advertising indicators.

The surest way to be alone is to get married

It's the cynics who never get married.

I'm a happily married man and I think to get married you have to be optimistic.