I can't think of a single downside to motherhood now.

When you look at the women that have made a real difference in the world throughout history, what they’ve done has almost always been defined by fearlessness. That’s something I came to at a certain point; I wish I’d come to it younger. Stop looking over your shoulder — there’s nobody who matters back there.

My mother was an incredibly loving mother.

Life is so messy that the temptation to straighten it up is very strong. And the results always illusory.

The future is built on brains, not prom court, as most people can tell you after attending their high school reunion. But you'd never know it by talking to kids or listening to the messages they get from the culture and even from their schools.

Athletes are American princes and the locker room is their castle. Some of them behave in princely fashion, become legitimate heroes to us all. And some are jerks.

Life is not so much about beginnings and endings as it is about going on and on and on. It is about muddling through the middle.