You know, Californians care about protecting their environment. So do I. But they also care about that in the context of a healthy economy.

The people are fed up with the political class.

Everyone truly does have God-given gifts. Find them and use them, and don't let anyone else tell you that you are less than who you are.

Women are not all single-issue voters.

People who describe culture and values and how people behave - I've heard people refer to it as 'the soft stuff'-they often underestimate its importance. The soft stuff actually is the hard stuff.

Had anyone told me that I was going to have a career in business, I would have said, 'No way.'

When you lead change, sometimes you get arrows in your back. I mean, that's just the way the real world is.