I hope to make a positive, productive contribution, as cheesy as that may sound.

My mother has often said that the issue of women is the unfinished business of the 21st century. That is certainly true. But so, too, are the issues of LGBT rights the unfinished business of the 21st century.

A tin roof is one of the greatest indicators of prosperity in the developing world.

I unapologetically and unabashedly am deeply biased toward my mother.

I love the right words. I think economy and precision of language are important.

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.

Determination gets you a long way.