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.

How proud I am to be compared to Oprah. I really admire her. She's a minority woman and she's done all this by herself... I'm very happy to be Oprah with salsa and not Donahue in drag.

If you stay on the air for 18 years, people know you.

Latin life is rich with warmth, family values and history. I want to bring that beauty into American homes.

The world is not ideal, and the only weapon we can give our children is information. Information which is not pretty, but honest.

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.

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