I'm one of the highest-paid television people in the world. I feel like I've made a difference in my viewers' lives, that I've been influential.

Being a professional woman, I function the best when I don't distinguish between work and play.

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

My hope is to see Tom Cruise jumping on my couch.

You have to eat right. That does not mean that I don't drink Cuban coffee. That does not mean that I do not have two cigarettes a day - that's what I'm down to. I drink wine - you know, I'm normal. But I do eat well.

I'm one of the highest-paid television people in the world. I feel like I've made a difference in my viewers' lives, that I've been influential.

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