No reporter is flying around in borrowed twin-engine airplanes.

I don't think women hold all the answers, but with their skills, their strengths, we can get to a better place.

Clinton's resilience became sort of the secret weapon of the campaign. He was never going to just give up and get out.

You as the press secretary have to protect the president's interests and the White House's interests more broadly. And a lot of people inside the White House, as you learned, sometimes with painful experience, have competing agendas, have differing points of view, have priorities they're trying to protect.

That someone like Obama could be elected president of the United States - with its unrivaled power and prestige - has begun to restore the country's and the world's faith in America as the land of opportunity.

That's not to say that women's priorities are better than men's. Rather, when women are empowered, when they can speak from the experience of their own lives, they often address different, previously neglected issues. And families and whole communities benefit.

Having a sense of humor has served me more than it has hurt me - just in the sense that it has allowed me to keep my sanity.