People don't know that New York really is just made up of a group of very small neighborhoods.

I have a real soft spot in my heart for librarians and people who care about books.

Teaching was the hardest work I had ever done, and it remains the hardest work I have done to date.

I had such high expectations of myself. I was going to be the best mother, the best housewife, the best entertainer, the best nurse, you know - what it was, I was going to be the best. And I could never live up to my expectations.

I'm against an income tax because all the rich people hire lawyers and accountants to be sure that they don't pay income tax.

I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.' I think I'd like them to remember me by saying, 'She opened government to everyone.'

The here and now is all we have, and if we play it right it's all we'll need.