It takes a lot of work to put together a marriage, to put together a family and a home.

I took my son's name. I didn't take my husband's name.

I think that we're foolhardy to not be engaging in federal funding of stem-cell research in the most aggressive way we possibly can.

By what you do, you teach your children how to respond to difficult information.

You recognize a survivor when you see one. You recognize a fighter when you see one.

I've often said that the most important thing you can give your children is wings. Because, you're not gonna always be able to bring food to the nest. You're... sometimes... they're gonna have to be able to fly by themselves.

I was an English major in college, and then I went to graduate school in English at the University of North Carolina for three years.