I don't even have voice mail, and people get all out of shape about that. But, you know what, I don't want to transcribe your message; I want to talk to you. And that kind of freaks people out a bit. They go, 'Oh, who has time to talk?' and I'm like, 'Well, I'm gonna make time.

If I could be doing anything, I'd be laying on the floor in my birthday suit eating junk food and watching something dumb on TV.

You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your family.

I'd love to be the political voice of my generation, but that's not my gift.

I need my career. That's what validates me.

I'm in love, sweet love. Feel me calling out your name, I feel no shame.

Completeness? Happiness? These words don't come close to describing my emotions. There truly is nothing I can say to capture what motherhood means to me, particularly given my medical history.