If I have to be compared to somebody, it is to Martha Stewart.

You need to put easy, nice, tranquil thoughts in your head before you go to bed. You know what I do? I read metaphysical books. The good stuff stays in your brain once you go under.

To realize the American dream, the most important thing to understand is that it belongs to everybody. It's a human dream. If you understand this and work very hard, it is possible.

On the television planet, where men make up the tribe, the law of the caveman rules. So, for a woman coming from another world, without experience or cunning, to succeed gradually in gaining control over what is to be taped, what goes out over the air, what is said without censorship, is an epic feat.

Like most Latinas, I'm not afraid to speak my mind.

For me, the American promise isn't just an idea or a theory - it's my life story.

In my house, we speak Spanglish to the dogs, to the grandchildren, to the kids.