I still love listening to people's problems. I'm still good at giving people unsolicited advice.

We're all spending way too much of our time and energy trying to fight the stuff we can't change.

I'm basically a really happy person. My life is nuts, but it feels complete.

I changed my name from Gail to Gayle in seventh grade because I liked to make a loopy 'y.

A good restaurant just makes me giddy. I can go all day with anticipation just knowing where I'm going to eat. Sometimes it's well planned, sometimes it's spontaneous. Either way works.

I can't stop watching 'Pan Am.' When I was growing up, my father worked as an engineer in Turkey, and we always flew Pan Am. The stewardesses were so glamorous! When they gave me a set of those golden wings, I felt very grown-up. Not only is the show's plot full of mystery and infidelity, they get the period details just right.

The first time I met Beyonce she was about 18 years old, sitting in a makeup chair eating fried chicken, and I knew it was only a matter of time before everyone would know her name.