After my mom died, there was so much written about her fashion and her style and all that, and I felt that one of the most important parts of her was missing, her real intellectual curiosity.

I have never had a president who inspired me the way people tell me that my father inspired them. But for the first time, I believe I have found the man who could be that president - not just for me, but for a new generation of Americans.

I never thought I'd be doing poetry books. I never really studied poetry. But the first one I did was after my mother died, and I realized that people sort of think and talk about her style and fashion, but in fact, what made her the person she was was really her love of reading and ideas.

The amazing thing about the winners is that none of them really felt that they were doing anything special. They just felt like it was the right thing to do.

Going into politics is something people have asked me about forever.

I grew up in New York, I love New York.

I grew up in a household where reading was encouraged. My mother believed in the power of words, and my father obviously did too.