That was a very racy remark for Gladys, whose idea of wild sex was Fred Astaire loosening his tie.

—Susan Isaacs

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Susan Isaacs (born December 7, 1943) is an American novelist, essayist, and screenwriter. She adapted her 1978 debut novel into the film Compromising Positions.

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It is something big and cosmic. What else do we have? There's only birth and death and the union of two people — and sex is the only one that happens to us more than once.

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My wife said she'd like to have sex in the backseat of the car . . . and she wanted me to drive.

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You wake up one day and say, "You know what, I don't think I ever need to sleep or have sex again." Congratulations, you're ready to have children.

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If you don't have any money, the problem is food. When you have money, it's sex. When you have both, it's health. If everything is simply jake, then you're frightened of death.

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