To this day George Sr. is the soft touch and I'm the enforcer. I'm the one who writes them a letter and says 'Shape up!' He writes, 'You're marvelous.'

Libraries have always seemed like the richest places in the world to me, and I?ve done some of my best learning and thinking thanks to them. Libraries and librarians have definitely changed my life ? and the lives of countless other Americans.

You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.

To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.

Some people give time, some money, some their skills and connections, some literally give their life's blood . . . but everyone has something to give.

Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.

The state dinner is almost a formula, but you try to make it interesting. You try not to overload it with too many political types. You try to get a cross section.