I know my mother so well, so it's hard for me to remember that people have a certain image of her, but they don't really know her personality.

I can see both sides of term limits, and I think, in different positions, term limits make more sense than in some others.

The most beautiful people are all in the library.

Growing up in politics I know that women decide all elections because we do all the work.

I enjoy writing. I enjoy that kind of process.

Many people remember that spirit that President Kennedy summoned forth. Many people look to me as somebody who embodies that sense of possibility.

In a funny way, poems are suited to modern life. They're short, they're intense. Nobody has time to read a 700-page book. People read magazines, and a poem takes less time than an article.