I think that we need women role models everywhere. I think that it's really hard to imagine yourself as something that you don't see.

We proved we could be safe and secure at home, and still have more allies and friends in the world.

I have a boyfriend and a dog, and I still haven't figured out what I want to be when I grow up.

We need women who are at the head of a boardroom, like at the head of the White House, at the head of kind of major scientific enterprises so that little girls everywhere can then think, you know what? I can do that, I want to do that, I will do that.

I had seen people who had lost everything and everyone they loved to war, famine, and natural disasters.

As a mom, what I found so disturbing were the things that were being said on a national stage - I mean, literally on the stage and off the stage, around the convention about women, about minorities, about Muslims, about immigrants.

My grandmother was determined that everyone feel a sense of optimism and opportunity. Marc and I want to make sure we're doing that. This period of our lives is not just a tribute to her, it's inspired by her. And it's for when we have our own children — I want to help make sure we've got a world I want them to live in.